The CDC has recommended that expectant mothers get an RSV vaccine if they are between 32 and 36 weeks pregnant and will give birth during the fall and winter. (LM Otero/AP) ...

The first vaccines to guard against the respiratory illness RSV will soon be available for some older adults, ages 60 and over, after the CDC formally backed recommendations for the shots.

The Pfizer vaccine Abrysvo is the only RSV vaccine approved by the FDA for those who are pregnant, according to the CDC. The shot should be given during weeks 32 through 36 of pregnancy.

More RSV vaccines may be on the way, too. Moderna is finishing its Phase 3 trial of an mRNA vaccine for RSV in older adults and expects to submit results to the FDA within the next few months.

MORE: CDC issues warning RSV is on the rise in young children in Southeastern US The CDC said the vaccine is already available in some locations in the U.S. and will increase in the coming weeks.

The CDC director gave a green light to two RSV vaccines for older people, from Pfizer and GSK —making them the first to become publicly available in the U.S.

Between 60,000 to 160,000 older adults in the U.S. are hospitalized due to RSV every year and 6,000 to 10,000 of them die, the CDC said.

In a nearly unanimous vote, advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recommended a new vaccine to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, by vaccinating ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on Thursday weighed recommendations for two RSV vaccines for older adults and pregnant people, and a monoclonal antibody for babies and toddlers.

The CDC also plans to use V-Safe, a program developed specifically to monitor Covid-19 vaccine safety that has been redesigned to track other people’s post-vaccine experience with other vaccines.

The world’s first approved vaccines to combat respiratory syncytial virus should be recommended for all Americans 65 and over, a federal advisory panel decided Wednesday. The Advisory Committee ...

Health Older Americans can get RSV vaccine this fall after speaking with their doctor, CDC says The newly approved vaccines are expected to be ready in the fall, a time when flu shots and updated ...