Dora Anne Mills, MD, MPH The View from Maine Sept 17, 2023 Respiratory Viral Season: Fall 2023 Edition Below is an overview, recommendations, and common questions related to this year’s respiratory viral season. At the very end are links to references with more information, in order by topic as they appear below. Last week, the US FDA and US CDC issued approvals and recommendations for the updated fall 2023 COVID-19 vaccine. Everyone 6 months of age and older is recommended to receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine as well as an annual influenza vaccine. Both vaccines are updated and formulated to protect against the strains that are circulating and/or predicted to circulate this fall and winter. One of the main lessons we’ve learned from the pandemic has been the importance of taking some simple steps during respiratory viral season, which is the fall and winter, when we more commonly see influenza, RSV, and other respiratory viruses. Although we don’t fully know if COVID-19
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