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Amelia Templeton

A new RSV shot could help protect babies this winter — if they can get it in time

Emily Bendt cradles her two-week-old infant, Willow, at her home near Portland, OR in early October 2023. Bendt, a pediatric nurse, closely followed the recent approval of the RSV monoclonal antibody Nirsevimab but has been unable to find it for her daughter. (Amelia Templeton/OPB)

Emily Bendt got excited when she first heard the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had approved a new shot to protect infants from RSV.

That was back on August 3, when she was in the last trimester of pregnancy.

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