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Fall 2024 Immunization Updates:

1. Flu Shot

   • Available for those 6 months and older

2. RSV Vaccines

   • Abrysvo - for pregnant individuals between 32 and 36 weeks. It protects babies for up to 6 months after birth. If Abrysvo is given during pregnancy, the infant does not need Beyfortus.

   • Beyfortus - Currently funded for babies born during the RSV season and those born in 2024. Beyfortus gives protection during the first weeks and months when babies are most at risk of severe RSV.

Measles 2024 Updates:

Infants (6 - 12 months)

• If Travelling: 1 dose of MMR vaccine (2 additional doses must be administered after 12 months of age)

• Not Travelling: routine measles vaccinations schedule start at 1 year old

Children <4 yo who have received 1 previous dose

• If Travelling : Administration of second dose of MMR

• Not Travelling: continue routine measles vaccination at age 4-6

Individuals born in/after 1970 and >12 months of age

• If Travelling: 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine 28 days apart

• Not Travelling: 2 doses of measles-containing vaccine 28 days apart

Adults born before 1970

• If Travelling: 1 dose of MMR total (unless there is lab evidence of immunity)

• Not Travelling: may have natural immunity, can consider a dose of MMR if immunization history is not known

If your immunization records are unavailable, immunization with measles-containing vaccine is preferable to ordering serological testing to determine immune status

If you are immunosuppressed, please talk to your doctor to see if you are eligible for a MMR vaccine