It’s that time of year again! Brace for the upcoming respiratory illness season by getting updated vaccines this fall. Vaccines have repeatedly shown to protect individuals from serious disease by reducing illness duration, severity, and long term complications.
Updated 2024-2025 Flu Vaccine Recommendation
CDC recommends everyone, 6 months of age and older, with rare exceptions, receive an updated 2024-2025 flu vaccine to reduce the risk of influenza and its potentially serious complications this fall and winter.
Most people need only one dose of the flu vaccine each season. While CDC recommends flu vaccination as long as influenza viruses are circulating, September and October remain the best times for most people to get vaccinated.
Updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine Recommendation
CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older receive an updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes of COVID-19 this fall and winter whether or not they have ever previously been vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccine.
Last season, people who received a 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine saw greater protection against illness and hospitalization than those who did not receive a 2023-2024 vaccine. To date, hundreds of millions of people have safely received a COVID-19 vaccine under the most intense vaccine safety monitoring in United States history.
It is safe to receive COVID-19 and flu vaccines at the same visit. Data continue to show the importance of vaccination to protect against severe outcomes of COVID-19 and flu, including hospitalization and death. In 2023, more than 916,300 people were hospitalized due to COVID-19 and more than 75,500 people died from COVID-19. During the 2023-2024 flu season, more than 44,900 people are estimated to have died from flu complications.
For more information on updated COVID-19 vaccines visit: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) | CDC. For more information on updated flu vaccines visit: Seasonal Flu Vaccines | CDC. https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/vaccines/older-adults.html
Updated 2024-2025 Older Adult RSV Vaccine Recommendation
CDC recommends RSV vaccines for all adults ages 75 years and older, and for adults ages 60–74 years who are at increased risk of severe RSV.
CDC recommends an RSV vaccine if you are ages 60-74 and:
- Have chronic heart or lung disease
- Have a weakened immune system
- Have certain other medical conditions, including severe obesity and severe diabetes
- Live in a nursing home or other long-term care facility
RSV vaccine is given as a single dose.
RSV vaccine is not currently an annual vaccine, meaning people do not need to get a dose every RSV season. If you have already received an RSV vaccine, you do not need another dose at this time.
For more information on adult RSV Vaccine please visit https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/vaccines/older-adults.html
Updated 2024-2025 Infant and/or Pregnancy RSV Vaccine Recommendation
It is important to speak to your OB/GYN and/or Pediatrician to determine eligibility and timing of the RSV vaccine to protect infants/young children. CDC recommends RSV immunizations during specific months to maximize protection during RSV season.
For more information on infant/pregnancy RSV Vaccine please visit https://www.cdc.gov/rsv/immunizations-protect-infants/