U.S. federal health officials launch awareness campaign on viruses, vaccines

U.S. Health and Human Services launches awareness campaign on viruses, vaccines - UPI.com Health and Human Services announced a national campaign on Monday to increase public awareness of common respiratory viruses and available vaccines. UPI

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Health officials said they hope the campaign, called "Risk Less. Do More," will reduce serious illnesses from the flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial viruses in high-risk populations, as well as limit the spread of the virus in the United States. ...

HHS officials said that infections over six months from this past fall through the most recent winter resulted in 800,000 hospitalizations. They said that, without immunization, the risk of serious illness remained the highest in certain populations. Those included ages 65 and older, those living in long-term care facilities, pregnant people and those living in rural areas.

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