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U.S. Nursing home vaccination rates are low as COVID cases rise

 

Only about 17% of nursing home residents and 2% of staff are up to date on their COVID-19 shots as cases rise across the country and health officials prepare for another seasonal tripledemic of respiratory diseases.

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COVID and flu vaccine rates are declining for US health care workers --CDC

COVID and flu vaccine rates are declining for US health care workers, CDC reports: ‘Disturbing trend’ (foxnews.com)

 

...They found that flu vaccine coverage was 81% among health care employees at hospitals and 47.1% at nursing homes.

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Long Covid hits U.S. veterans hard; 4th COVID vaccine dose helped those with rheumatic disease

Nearly half of 363,000 US veterans who tested positive for COVID-19 still had symptoms up to 6 months later, and the risk factors for this condition were Black race, older age, diabetes, and severe infection, concludes a study published yesterday in the Annals of Epidemiology.

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