<description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;In this episode of the SMFM Podcast, Dr. Janine Rhoades welcomes Dr. Andrea Edlow to discuss the 2025–2026 respiratory disease season and vaccine recommendations for pregnant patients. They review the major respiratory threats—COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and pertussis—and emphasize the importance of maternal vaccination for both maternal health and infant protection. The conversation covers current vaccine guidance, disparities in vaccine uptake, strategies for effective patient counseling, and best practices for clinic preparedness, including staff education, vaccine stocking, and infection control policies. They also highlight trusted resources for providers and patients to support safe and effective vaccination during pregnancy.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;a href= "https://education.smfm.org/products/smfm-podcast-respiratory-disease-season-2025-2026#product_tab_transcript" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; for the full episode transcript. For more educational resources, visit &lt;a href="https://education.smfm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;education.smfm.org&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Additional Resources:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;SMFM Resources&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.0in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;o&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;SMFM Fellow Lecture &lt;a href= "https://education.smfm.org/products/mfm-fellow-lecture-preparing-for-respiratory-virus-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Preparing for Respiratory Virus Season&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.0in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;o&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;SMFM Podcast &lt;a href= "https://education.smfm.org/products/smfm-podcast-preparing-for-annual-respiratory-disease-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Preparing for Annual Respiratory Disease Season&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.0in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;o&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Infectious Disease Resources &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smfm.org/covid-19" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;SMFM COVID-19&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smfm.org/rsv" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;SMFM RSV&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.smfm.org/influenza" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;SMFM Influenza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.0in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;o&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;SMFM Patient Education Resources &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;§&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.highriskpregnancyinfo.org/vaccine-guide-for-pregnancy-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Vaccination During Pregnancy&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Government Agency Resources: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.0in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;o&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;For Clinicians &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/data/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CDC Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitative-assessments/php/data-research/season-outlooks/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/cfa-qualitative-assessments/php/data-research/resp-dis-season-outlook/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CDC Respiratory Disease Season Outlooks&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/php/from-me-to-you/?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/from-me-to-you.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CDC "From Me, To You" Communications Effort&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/events/from-me-to-you-sp.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;De Mí, Para Ti&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.cdc.gov/flu-resources/php/shareable-resources/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CDC "Wild to Mild" Social Media Toolkit&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.hhs.gov/risk-less-do-more/campaign-ads/pregnant-people/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;HHS "Risk Less, Do More" Campaign for COVID-19, Influenza and RSV&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Vaccines for Pregnant People&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/smfm/Clinical_Guidance/CDC_Archives/prenatal-care-and-routinely-recommended-vaccinations-508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CDC Prenatal Care and Routinely Recommended Vaccinations&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/smfm/Clinical_Guidance/CDC_Archives/18__vaccines__2025.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;CDC 2025 Recommended Immunizations for Adults Aged 19 Years and Older&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;a href= "https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/smfm/Clinical_Guidance/CDC_Archives/Recommended_Adult_Immunization_Schedule_for_ages_19_years_or_older__2025_U_S_Combined_Schedule.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Full schedule with notes&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; CDC MMWR:&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href= "https://assets.noviams.com/novi-file-uploads/smfm/Clinical_Guidance/CDC_Archives/MMWR_resp_virus_coverage.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV Vaccination Coverage Among Adults&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(November 2024) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;·&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;       &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;Peer Organization Resources: &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style= "mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in; margin: 0in 0in 0in 1.0in;"&gt; &lt;!-- [if !supportLists]--&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Courier New'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Courier New';"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-list: Ignore;"&gt;o&lt;span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;!--[endif]--&gt;For Clinicians &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc"&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="circle"&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.aafp.org/family-physician/patient-care/prevention-wellness/immunizations-vaccines.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;AAFP Immunization Resources&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.midwife.org/Immunization-Resources-for-Providers" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;ACNM Immunization Resources&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.acog.org/topics/immunization" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;ACOG Immunization Resources&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.awhonn.org/education/vaccination/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;AWHONN Immunization Resources&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://npwh.org/page/Maternal-Health-Immunization-Toolkit" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;NPWH Immunization Resources&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.0in;"&gt; For Patients &lt;/li&gt; &lt;ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="square"&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.acog.org/womens-health/resources-for-you%22%20/l%20%22f:@patientportaltopicnames=%5bVaccines%5d" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;ACOG&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.acog.org/womens-health/resources-for-you%22%20/l%20%22f:@patientportaltopicnames=%5bVaccines%5d%22%EF%B7%9FHYPERLINK%20%22https:/mothertobaby.org/fact-sheets/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;MotherToBaby FactSheets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href= "https://mothertobaby.org/baby-blog/immunization-education-everything-you-need-to-know-about-vaccines-before-and-during-pregnancy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;MotherToBaby Immunization and Pregnancy Education&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;(&lt;a href= "https://momtobaby.org/vacunacionblog" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;En&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="https://momtobaby.org/vacunacionblog" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Español&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href="https://vaccinateyourfamily.org/our-mission-values/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Vaccinate Your Family&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li class="MsoNormal" style= "margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; tab-stops: list 1.5in;"&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.immunize.org/about/org/overview/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Immunize.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;</description>

SMFM's Podcast Series

SMFM

Respiratory Disease Season 2025-2026

SEP 29, 202540 MIN
SMFM's Podcast Series

Respiratory Disease Season 2025-2026

SEP 29, 202540 MIN

Description

In this episode of the SMFM Podcast, Dr. Janine Rhoades welcomes Dr. Andrea Edlow to discuss the 2025–2026 respiratory disease season and vaccine recommendations for pregnant patients. They review the major respiratory threats—COVID-19, influenza, RSV, and pertussis—and emphasize the importance of maternal vaccination for both maternal health and infant protection. The conversation covers current vaccine guidance, disparities in vaccine uptake, strategies for effective patient counseling, and best practices for clinic preparedness, including staff education, vaccine stocking, and infection control policies. They also highlight trusted resources for providers and patients to support safe and effective vaccination during pregnancy.

Click here for the full episode transcript. For more educational resources, visit education.smfm.org.

Additional Resources:

· SMFM Resources

o SMFM Fellow Lecture Preparing for Respiratory Virus Season

o SMFM Podcast Preparing for Annual Respiratory Disease Season

o Infectious Disease Resources

§ SMFM COVID-19

§ SMFM RSV

§ SMFM Influenza

o SMFM Patient Education Resources

§ Vaccination During Pregnancy

· Government Agency Resources:

o For Clinicians

· Peer Organization Resources:

o For Clinicians