CDC: Rare Neurological Disorder ‘More Common Than Expected’ After RSV Vaccine

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week said that reports of a nervous system disorder known as Guillain-Barre syndrome are “more common than expected” in older adults who got new RSV vaccines. On Thursday, the agency said that the elevated reports of Guillain-Barre syndrome, of GBS, “are consistent with those from trials,” and it echoes a similar report published by the CDC earlier this year. More than 10 million older adults have gotten either Pfizer or GSK single-dose shots since early August to protect against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, which is a common cause of cold-like symptoms and can be dangerous for infants and older people....