U.S. nursing home vaccinations low: some of the country’s most vulnerable people remain at risk

CDC urges nursing home vaccinations Presented by CVS Health — TK{beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story  CDC urges nursing home vaccinationsIt’s the height of respiratory virus season, but some of the country… spolus The Hill

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), most nursing home residents haven’t received an updated COVID-19 vaccine or the new respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine.

COVID-19, influenza and RSV activity are still below levels seen last year at this time, according to the CDC. But only 35 percent of nursing home residents have gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine, and just 10 percent had received an RSV shot.  

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