RSV is a common respiratory virus. During pregnancy, RSV may cause serious illness. Vaccination during pregnancy may protect you and your baby.

Federal regulators on Monday approved a maternal RSV vaccine administered during pregnancy to protect infants from severe illness. It’s the latest in a new arsenal of immunizations against the ...

This patient fact sheet on RSV in pregnancy discusses protecting mothers and babies from RSV, symptoms, treatments, and vaccination.

Health officials recommend that pregnant people receive Pfizer's maternal RSV vaccine made by Pfizer during the third trimester of pregnancy to protect their unborn baby.

But there's another vaccine new this year – RSV. Anyone can get RSV, but it is recommended for adults 60 and older, infants under 2, and women in their 3rd trimester of pregnancy to get the vaccine.

This patient fact sheet on RSV in pregnancy discusses protecting mothers and babies from RSV, symptoms, treatments, and vaccination.

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Expectant parents could soon have another new option this fall to protect their newborns from RSV, the most common cause of hospitalization in American infants.

The CDC recommends the RSV vaccine for pregnant people between 32 weeks and 36 days of pregnancy, depending on the time of year. Why this specific window in the third trimester?

"Some people never notice symptoms, which is why pregnancies are detected at all different gestational ages, even sometimes in the third trimester," Tang says.

Should you get the RSV vaccine during pregnancy? A vaccine that's given before birth is a game changer because while the majority of RSV cases are mild, there are still a great number that are far ...