Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been increased interest in developing a universal antiviral that would stop a pandemic in its tracks.

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Britain’s GSK halted enrollment and vaccination in three trials of the company’s experimental vaccine against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in pregnant women, the latest setback in developing a vaccine for the microbe.

Pneumonia killed more than 800,000 babies and young children during 2018 – or one child every 39 seconds – despite being curable and mostly preventable, global health agencies said.