There are few things in this world that raise a parent’s eyebrows quite as quickly as someone coughing or sneezing around their newborn. While it’s still best practice to stay away if someone’s feeling ill, there is an additional layer of protection pregnant people can take this fall and winter. For women who fall between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy in the timespan of September through January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends getting a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine. For children age two and younger, mild cases of RSV cause cold-like symptoms. Severe infections could lead to pneumonia and/or bronchiolitis, according to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The maternal vaccine helps protect the baby from severe RSV disease. If you’ve already passed the 32- to 36-week window or won’t be quite that far along by January, there’s still protection available for your little one—just ask your child’s pediatrician about the RSV monoclonal anti...