CDC is recommending the shot for people who are between 32 and 36 weeks pregnant and will give birth during the fall and winter, when RSV cases usually spike.
The maternal RSV vaccine represents the latest tool health-care providers have to safeguard infants during their most vulnerable stage, right after birth, when their immune systems are still developing.
“This is the most complicated vaccine for young adults that we’ve had in a long time,” said Keipp Talbot during the advisory panel meeting. “I feel like this is going to be incredibly complicated and expensive.”The CDC recommendation comes at pivotal time of year, when the spread of viral illness is beginning to ramp up. A CDCcases have already begun rising in certain parts of the United States, with an earlier onset than in previous years.
The single shot is given to mothers, and protects their babies by passing on antibodies through the placenta. This type of passive immunity works similarly to other vaccines that are given to pregnant patients, such as the flu shot and Tdap, the vaccine that protects against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis.
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