What to Know About Maternal Vaccines This Respiratory Season
Last Updated08/22/2024
For pregnant people, maternal vaccines are critical to prenatal care and help protect infants during their first few months of life when newborns are vulnerable to infectious respiratory diseases. As we approach the 2024-2025 respiratory illness season, four vaccines are available to help protect infants, including newly available prevention options. Yet, despite the important role of vaccines during pregnancy, rates of maternal vaccine uptake remain suboptimal.
To further this discussion, Champions for Vaccine Education, Equity and Progress (CVEEP) hosted a conversation on current maternal vaccine guidance, including the maternal RSV vaccine, and potential solutions to address barriers that can impact access to recommended vaccines. The discussion featured provider perspectives across the healthcare continuum and addressed what individuals and organizations can do to help promote maternal vaccination.
Panelists included:
Pragna Patel, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Coronavirus and Other Respiratory Viruses Division, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Haywood Brown, MD, Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs, Morsani College of Medicine and Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of South Florida; Former President, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
Michelle Fiscus, MD, FAAP, Chief Medical Officer, Association of Immunization Managers (AIM)
Allison Hill, PharmD, RPh, Director, Practice Implementation & Professional Affairs, American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
Beth Battaglino, RN-C, CEO of HealthyWomen and CVEEP Convener (moderator)
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Milestones: Changes to the COVID-19 Virus & Updated Vaccines
As the virus that causes COVID-19 spreads, it changes. The vaccines targeting COVID-19 are updated regularly to provide protection against changing variants.
Last Updated06/24/2024
Milestones: Changes to the COVID-19 Virus & Updated Vaccines
Glossary of key terms to understand why regular updates to flu and COVID-19 vaccines are essential for maintaining protection against constantly evolving viruses.
Antiviral drugs are important tools to help treat COVID-19 and flu that can help lessen symptoms and lower the risk of hospitalization—especially for people at higher risk for serious illness. Antivirals are prescription-only treatments that must be given early in illness, after the first symptoms begin
COVID-19 Today: Trends, Challenges, and Future Outlook
Last Updated03/11/2024
In the more than four years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus has impacted nearly every aspect of our daily lives. It has both magnified and exacerbated health inequities, highlighting the critical importance of access to reliable and digestible information for individuals and communities across the country.
Today, COVID-19 remains a threat to our health and to those around us. Fortunately, access to COVID-19 vaccines has improved outcomes and saved millions of lives. However, as updated vaccines become available in response to new variants, vaccinations for COVID-19 are low, and children and adults are falling behind on even routine vaccinations. With this context in mind, it’s important to understand and examine the current state of COVID-19 vaccination trends and vaccination challenges more broadly.
