CCO Infectious Disease Podcast

Simplifying RSV Vaccination: Expert Q&A

Episode Summary

In this episode, Angela Branche, MD, FIDSA, and Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA, FACP, address common questions about RSV vaccination, including determining vaccine candidacy, considerations for vaccine timing and administration, addressing vaccine safety, and information on vaccine coverage.

Episode Notes

In this episode, Angela Branche, MD, FIDSA, and Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA, FACP, address commonly asked questions about the RSV vaccine, including:

• Considerations for vaccine eligibility
• Recommendations for pregnant persons
• Vaccine administration based on RSV seasonality
• Use of the vaccine in persons receiving immunosuppressive medications
• Safety data (eg, risk of serious adverse events)
• Natural immunity of RSV
• Vaccine cost and insurance coverage

Faculty:

Angela Branche, MD, FIDSA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York

Jewel Mullen, MD, MPH, MPA, FACP
Associate Dean for Health Equity
Associate Professor of Population Health and Internal Medicine
University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Austin, Texas

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

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