July 1, 2024 – The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) has up to date its RSV vaccine pointers for seniors for the upcoming respiratory season to make it simpler for medical doctors and sufferers to make remedy and prevention choices. The CDC recommends that everybody age 75 and older get the RSV vaccine. The CDC additionally urges folks ages 60-74 who’re at elevated danger for extreme RSV, that means they’ve sure persistent medical circumstances equivalent to lung or coronary heart illness, or who stay in nursing properties, to get the RSV vaccine.

This suggestion is for adults who didn’t obtain the RSV vaccine within the earlier yr. The RSV vaccine is just not presently an annual vaccine, that means that individuals don’t have to obtain a dose each RSV season. Eligible adults can obtain the RSV vaccine at any time, however the very best time to get vaccinated is in late summer time and early fall, earlier than RSV usually begins to unfold in communities.

The CDC's up to date suggestion for folks 60 and older replaces final yr's suggestion to simplify RSV vaccine decision-making for physicians and the general public.

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