(Radio Iowa) – The Centers for Disease Control is recommending a new vaccine to prevent the respiratory virus R-S-V in infants under eight months. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics pediatrician, Adam Brown, says the shot is possibly one of the biggest breakthroughs in pediatric medicine in the past two decades.

He says the recent research has shown that up to 75percent benefit from the shot by prevention of hospitalizations and 90 percent effective in preventing I-C-U admissions. He says the shot should be given in the fall, and it would take effect immediately provide coverage for five to six months.

He says the vaccine will likely be available this fall.