WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSA test-negative study across seven paediatric hospitals in Ontario and Quebec, run after a publicly funded rollout, estimated 78% effectiveness against laboratory-confirmed RSV and 97% against intensive-care admission.
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EXPLAINERPositional flat head affects nearly half of two-month-olds and is usually mild. In the one randomised trial, moulding helmets matched the natural course — and every parent reported a side effect.
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EXPLAINERBringing up milk is normal in healthy babies: it peaks around four months and usually fades by the first birthday. Most infants need no medicine, and the evidence for acid-suppressing drugs in simple reflux is weak.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSThe SMART trial tested clesrovimab against palivizumab in premature and heart- and lung-affected infants. It was built to show safety, not to prove one prevents more RSV than the other.
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WHAT THE STUDY ACTUALLY SAYSA Buenos Aires surveillance cohort estimates 80.8% effectiveness against RSV hospitalisation in infants under three months — close to what the licensing trial found, in a real programme.
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