CDC recommends RSV vaccine in late pregnancy to protect newborns
The shot will help shield newborns from RSV in the early months of life, when they're especially vulnerable to severe illness.
by Pien Huang
Sep 22, 2023
2 minutes
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, 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."
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