The Food and Drug Administration  its approval of Pfizer鈥檚 Abrysvo (Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine), the first vaccine approved for use in pregnant individuals to prevent lower respiratory tract disease and severe LRTD caused by respiratory syncytial virus in infants from birth through six months of age. FDA says Abrysvo is approved for use at 32 through 36 weeks gestational age of pregnancy. The approval follows a clinical study that confirmed Abrysvo鈥檚 effectiveness to prevent LRTD and severe LRTD caused by RSV in infants born to individuals who were vaccinated during pregnancy. 

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