Ask the Experts: Why is influenza vaccination important for healthcare professionals?
Dr. Moore discusses the importance of influenza vaccination for healthcare professionals to protect themselves and their patients from disease.
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Dr. Moore discusses the importance of influenza vaccination for healthcare professionals to protect themselves and their patients from disease.
Dr. Moore discusses the impact of influenza illness over recent seasons. Children are the most likely age group to catch influenza, but complications, hospitalizations, and death can occur at any age. Increased influenza vaccination could prevent substantial numbers of hospitalizations and deaths.
Dr. Kelly Moore discusses when infants and toddlers should receive RSV preventive antibody products
Dr. Kelly Moore shares how effective Beyfortus and Enflonsia (RSV preventive antibody products) are in preventing hospitalizations among infants.
Dr. Kelly Moore responds to the question, can you benefit from the influenza vaccine if you already had the flu this season?
Several vaccines on the CDC’s childhood immunization schedule were reclassified from a routine recommendation to a shared clinical decision-making recommendation in January 2026. Dr. Moore discusses what that means for how vaccines are offered to patients.
Dr. Kelly Moore discusses what should be done if an infant is inadvertently given RSV vaccine instead of an RSV preventive antibody.
Dr. Kelly Moore shares why it is especially important to vaccinate the mom during pregnancy and that influenza vaccination can occur during any trimester.
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question: Are COVID-19 vaccines helpful during pregnancy?
Dr. Kelly Moore answers Bexero schedule questions, “Why did FDA change the dosing schedule for Bexsero brand of meningococcal B vaccine (made by GSK) in August 2024? Do I need to recall my patients who received Bexsero under the old schedule?”
Dr. Kelly Moore responds to this question, “Are high-dose influenza vaccine or the adjuvanted influenza vaccine recommended for anyone younger than age 65?”
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, “My patient is 80 and had a dose of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine, abbreviated PPSV23, at age 65. He has never had a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (or PCV). What is due now?”
Dr. Kelly Moore responds to this question “My patient just turned 50 and has never had a pneumococcal vaccine. What are my options now?”
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, “Will people vaccinated at age 50 need additional doses of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, or “PCV,” in the future?”
Dr. Kelly Moore responds to an inquiry “My family practice office has both RSV vaccine and the RSV preventive antibody product for infants left over at the end of RSV season. Should we discard them after the end of the season, as we do influenza vaccines?”
Dr. Kelly Moore discusses “Some children in my practice started the pneumococcal vaccine series with the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, PCV13. Now that PCV15 or PCV20 are recommended, do I need to restart the vaccination series or give additional vaccine doses to all of them?”
Dr. Kelly Moore discusses “How do we account for the history of receipt of Prevnar (the original 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) when determining the pneumococcal vaccination needs of an older teen or adult with a high-risk condition?”
Dr. Kelly Moore answers “What is pneumococcal serotype 4 and when might it be considered when selecting a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine product for adults?”
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, “Why did ACIP shift the age for routine pneumococcal conjugate vaccination of all adults from 65 years down to 50 years in October 2024?”
Dr. Kelly Moore reminds viewers to ensure pediatricians know about maternal RSV vaccination status
Should we give the RSV preventive antibody product to an infant who is younger than 8 months of age in October but whose mother received Abrysvo RSV vaccine during pregnancy with this infant last winter?
Dr. Moore discusses protecting infants from RSV by administering RSV vaccine during pregnancy or giving RSV preventive antibody product to the infant after birth.
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, “Can I give RSV vaccine to someone who is at 36 weeks and 5 days’ gestation?”
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, “Why did ACIP change its RSV vaccination recommendations for older adults in 2024 to remove the option for vaccination of healthy people 60 through 74 who would like to be vaccinated?”
Dr. Kelly Moore answers, “Is RSV vaccine an annual vaccination, like influenza?”
Dr. Kelly Moore discusses the assessment of need for RSV vaccination in healthy adults under age 75
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, I have a 69-year-old patient who requested RSV vaccination. He has controlled hypertension and no other underlying medical conditions. Is RSV vaccination indicated?
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, “What are the high-risk conditions specified by ACIP as indications for RSV vaccination among adults age 60 through 74 years?”
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question,” Can any of the three licensed RSV vaccines be used during pregnancy?”
Kelly Moore answers the question: How often should the RSV vaccine be given?
Recommendations for the use of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, “What is respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)?”
When should preteens who receive a routine dose of tetanus-diptheria-acelluar pertussis vaccine, known as “Tdap” at age 11-12 years get their next dose?
Dr. Kelly Moore answers the question, “What is the pre-exposure prophylaxis schedule for rabies vaccine?”
When might an infant entering the first RSV season need the long-acting RSV preventive antibody shot even though the mother was properly vaccinated for RSV at least 14 days before delivery?
If you want to prevent pertussis in young babies, how effective is the strategy of given the tetanus-diphtheria pertussis vaccine (or Tdap) during pregnancy?
My family practice office has both RSV vaccine and nirsevimab left over at the end of RSV season. Should we discard them as we do influenza vaccines?
The mother of my infant patient was vaccinated for RSV at 33 weeks’ gestation but delivered the baby just a week later. Does this infant need RSV preventive antibody?
If a woman has had HPV infection detected through cervical cancer screening, can she still be vaccinated?
A child was given her second dose of hepatitis A vaccine 4 months after the first dose, Does it need to be repeated?
Why is hepatitis A vaccination recommended – and immunoglobulin or IG, NOT recommended – for infant travelers age 6 through 11 months at risk of exposure to hepatitis A?
Kelly Moore answers the question: How is the RSV preventative antibody that is recommended for babies different from a vaccine to prevent RSV?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Why are otherwise healthy American Indian and Alaska Native children recommended to receive a dose of long-lasting RSV preventive antibody to protect them during their second RSV season?
Kelly Moore answers the question: May influenza vaccines be given at the same time as other vaccines, including COVID-19 vaccines?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What is the latest ACIP guidance on influenza vaccination and egg allergy?
Kelly Moore answers the question: When does CDC recommend starting influenza vaccination?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Are any of the available flu vaccines recommended over others?
Kelly Moore answers the question: I’m a nurse who received the HepB series more than 10 years ago and had a positive hepatitis B surface antibody (or, anti-HBs) follow-up titer (measured at 10 mIU/mL, or greater). At present, my titer is negative. What should I do now?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Do adults who were properly vaccinated with HepB vaccine need to be revaccinated if they have a negative surface antibody (anti-HBs) result on their triple panel screening test for hepatitis B?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Which adults should be vaccinated for hepatitis B?
Kelly Moore answers the question: A healthy young adult patient who received the HepB vaccine series before college recently had a triple panel screen for hepatitis B virus infection and discovered that he had chronic hepatitis B. Did the vaccine fail? What do I tell the patient?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Which people who work in healthcare settings need hepatitis B vaccine?
Kelly Moore answers the question: If an adult hasn’t been screened for hepatitis B infection or immunity yet, should you screen them before you decide about vaccinating?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What do I do for adult patients who don’t have records of HepB vaccination, but are sure they were vaccinated?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Adults go to many different healthcare providers over time. HepB is a vaccine series most only need once. How do we avoid the problem of lost records for adult patients we vaccinate now?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Why should healthcare professionals focus on vaccinating adults against hepatitis B now?
Kelly Moore answers the question: How did ACIP alter its recommendations for polio (IPV) vaccination of unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adults in June 2023?
Kelly Moore answers the question: What do we know about the safety and effectiveness of Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in the youngest children?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Can COVID-19 vaccination lead to fertility problems?
Kelly Moore answers the question: If a child without any high-risk conditions received a dose of meningococcal ACWY, or menACWY vaccine (brand names Menactra, MenQuadfi, or Menveo) at age 10 years, does the child need to be revaccinated at age 11–12 years?
Kelly Moore answers the question: An expired dose of measles-mumps-rubella-and-varicella vaccine, also known as MMRV was given to a patient. We assume that the repeat dose should be given in three months because the spacing between doses of a combination vaccine depends on the longest minimum interval of a component (in this case the varicella vaccine component). Is this correct?
Kelly Moore answers the question: A 4-year-old’s vaccine records show that she had four doses of inactivated polio vaccine, or IPV, given at 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, and age 2 years. Should she have a booster dose?
Kelly Moore answers the question: I have a healthy 5-year old patient whose close household contact (her mother) is immunocompromised due to cancer chemotherapy. Can I administer live vaccines to the healthy child?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Should college students be vaccinated against meningococcal disease with MenACWY vaccine?
Kelly Moore answers the question: Several healthy adult college students from outside the U.S. (ages 24 years and older) presented to our clinic. They will be living in a residence hall. None have a record of having received vaccination against meningococcal ACWY disease. Should they receive a dose of MenACWY now?