CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Ready, Set, Vaccinate! RSV Vaccination for Older Adults

Episode Summary

Listen to Dr Rick Zimmerman share recommendations from the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for RSV vaccination in older adults, including supporting data and additional considerations for the 2023-2024 RSV season.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Rick Zimmerman, MD, MPH, FAAFP, discusses RSV vaccines in older adults, including: 

• Breakthroughs in RSV vaccine development
• RSV vaccine snapshot in older adults
• FDA-approved RSV vaccines for older adults
• CDC evidence to recommendations framework for vaccines
• RSV burden in older populations
• Benefits and harms of RSV vaccination
• RSV vaccine efficacy and safety in older adults
• CDC Advisory Committee Immunization Practices recommendations for RSV vaccines in older adults
• Populations at high risk for severe RSV disease
• Vaccination considerations based on the upcoming RSV season

Faculty:

Richard Zimmerman, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology  
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Content based on an online CME program supported by an independent educational grant from GlaxoSmithKline.

Link to full program: https://bit.ly/49YBZ4r

Link to downloadable slides: https://bit.ly/3GocjRe