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Listen to “VEC Vaccine Notes,” a video and podcast series presented by the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Each episode offers vaccine information in a convenient format, so families have the answers they need to make informed decisions, including details and context that addresses what they may have heard in the news or in conversation with others.
This podcast is for general informational and educational purposes only and is not to be considered as professional medical advice for your personal health or for your family's personal health. You should not use it to replace any relationship with a physician or other qualified healthcare professional. For medical concerns, including decisions about vaccinations, medications and other treatments, you should always consult your physician or, in serious cases, seek immediate assistance from emergency personnel. Clinicians must rely on their own informed clinical judgment in making recommendations to their patients. ©2025 The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Wednesday Oct 01, 2025
Charlotte Moser, Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, talks about respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and the tools available to protect against it. She addresses common questions and discusses the relative risks and benefits of this disease and the interventions available.
Find out:
- How many people, including young children, die from RSV each year
- What other vaccine-preventable viruses are in the same family as RSV
- Why symptoms can vary among different people
- How babies and elderly adults are protected differently against RSV and the tools available to protect them
- Two different options for protecting babies and considerations related to each
- About two different safety concerns during clinical trials and which one was found to be a true association with vaccination
- If a monoclonal antibody is a vaccine
To learn more about RSV and the tools to prevent it, please visit https://bit.ly/vec-rsv.
Questions? Submit the VEC Vaccine Notes form.
For other vaccines, diseases or general questions about vaccines, check out https://vaccine.chop.edu.
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