As you get older, you’re at higher risk of severe infection and your immunity declines faster after vaccination.
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Only time and data will tell whether the CDC-recommended reformulated shots can stand their ground against the ever-changing SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Curbing vaccine hesitancy is as much a matter of acknowledging its social, historical, and cultural roots as it is of addressing its clinical dimensions.
When COVID-19 and the flu co-infect, it’s ‘flurona.’ But such cases are rare, and there are effective ways to protect yourself from both viruses.
Early on, public health messaging focused on the need for vaccines to combat COVID-19. But far less attention has been given to the role of boosters in preventing deaths and reducing inequities.
The COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against severe illness leading to hospitalization and death in all age groups, including children ages 5 to 11.
New data on the second booster suggests the older you are, the more you need it.
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Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Medical Anthropologist, Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
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Assistant Professor of Global Health, Boston University
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Research Assistant in the Department of Global Health, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota
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Research Fellow in Global Health, Boston University
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
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Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Carolina
