Posted on Sep 23, 2023
CDC recommends RSV vaccine in late pregnancy to protect newborns
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In a nearly unanimous vote, advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a new vaccine to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, by vaccinating expectant mothers
The shot – named Abryvso and made by Pfizer – is given in the third trimester to protect newborns from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV during their first six months of life.
"Throughout my career, RSV has been a difficult disease because there have been no options [for prevention]. So today is an exciting day," said Dr. Katherine Poehling, a voting member of the committee and a professor of pediatrics at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, "I think it will improve the well-being of many families throughout our nation."
In a nearly unanimous vote, advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a new vaccine to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, by vaccinating expectant mothers
The shot – named Abryvso and made by Pfizer – is given in the third trimester to protect newborns from lower respiratory tract disease caused by RSV during their first six months of life.
"Throughout my career, RSV has been a difficult disease because there have been no options [for prevention]. So today is an exciting day," said Dr. Katherine Poehling, a voting member of the committee and a professor of pediatrics at the Wake Forest School of Medicine, "I think it will improve the well-being of many families throughout our nation."
CDC recommends RSV vaccine in late pregnancy to protect newborns
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