"Pediatricians have been waiting for many decades to have an immunization to prevent RSV, and now we have two, but both have these huge barriers to delivery right now," said Dr. Sean O'Leary, a pediatric infectious-disease specialist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus who researches barriers to vaccination.
But babies can now be protected from RSV in two ways: They can be immunized with an antibody called nirsevimab, or their mothers can get a vaccine called Abrysvo during a specific window in the third trimester of pregnancy and pass protection on.
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