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CDC recommends new vaccine to help protect babies against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness after birth October 3rd, 2023Nicolas Kennedy

CDC recommends new vaccine to help protect babies against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness after birth

October 3, 2023News & UpdatesAfter, Against, Babies, Birth, help, illness, protect, Recommends, respiratory, severe, syncytial, Vaccine, virusNicolas Kennedy

Today, CDC recommended the first respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for pregnant people to protect their newborn from severe RSV illness. RSV is the leading cause of hospitalization for U.S. infants. This new vaccine, Pfizer’s bivalent RSVpreF vaccine (trade name Abrysvo TM), has been shown to reduce the risk of RSV hospitalization for babies by … Continue reading CDC recommends new vaccine to help protect babies against severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) illness after birth →

CDC Recommends Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall/Winter Virus Season September 13th, 2023Isabel Ford

CDC Recommends Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall/Winter Virus Season

September 13, 2023News & UpdatesCOVID19, Fall/Winter, Recommends, season, Updated, Vaccine, virusIsabel Ford

CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID-19 illness this fall and winter. Updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna will be available later this week.

CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults July 3rd, 2023Deana Bowman

CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults

July 3, 2023News & Updatesadults, Older, Recommends, VaccineDeana Bowman

CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults.

CDC simplifies COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, allows older adults and immunocompromised adults to get second dose of the updated vaccine April 20th, 2023Pedro Buxton

CDC simplifies COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, allows older adults and immunocompromised adults to get second dose of the updated vaccine

April 20, 2023News & Updatesadults, Allows, COVID19, Dose, Immunocompromised, Older, Recommendations, second, simplifies, Updated, VaccinePedro Buxton

Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses.

Transcript for Vaccine Telebriefing January 20th, 2023Kathleen Smoot

Transcript for Vaccine Telebriefing

January 20, 2023News & UpdatesTelebriefing, Transcript, VaccineKathleen Smoot

Transcript for Vaccine Telebriefing

CDC Studies Support Mpox Vaccine as Safe and Effective January 10th, 2023Edith Rabago

CDC Studies Support Mpox Vaccine as Safe and Effective

January 10, 2023News & UpdatesEffective, Mpox, Safe, Studies, Support, VaccineEdith Rabago

Studies show vaccinated people have substantially less risk for contracting mpox compared with those who are unvaccinated and identified no major safety concerns after nearly 1 million doses administered.

Flu vaccine reduces risk of flu hospitalization among pregnant women November 8th, 2022Darryl Wojcik

Flu vaccine reduces risk of flu hospitalization among pregnant women

November 8, 2022News & UpdatesAmong, hospitalization, Pregnant, reduces, Risk, Vaccine, WomenDarryl Wojcik

Over the course of six flu seasons, getting a flu shot reduced a pregnant woman’s risk of being hospitalized from flu by an average of 40 percent.

Inequities Found in Flu Vaccine Uptake October 19th, 2022Sasha Williams

Inequities Found in Flu Vaccine Uptake

October 19, 2022News & UpdatesFound, Inequities, Uptake, VaccineSasha Williams

Black, Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults in the United States are more likely to be hospitalized with flu, as well as less likely to be vaccinated against flu, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report.

CDC opening applications for Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program September 16th, 2022Lisa Gould

CDC opening applications for Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program

September 16, 2022News & Updatesapplications, Equity, Monkeypox, Opening, pilot, Program, VaccineLisa Gould

Today, local, state, and territorial health departments, as well as tribal governments and local non-governmental organizations, can partner together and begin submitting requests to access monkeypox vaccine through the recently announced Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program

CDC Recommends Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine for Adolescents August 23rd, 2022Jerry King

CDC Recommends Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine for Adolescents

August 23, 2022News & Updatesadolescents, COVID19, Novavax, Recommends, VaccineJerry King

Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo that Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as another primary series option for adolescents ages 12 through 17.