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U.S. nursing home booster shot rate is low, raising fearsof a deadly winter--study

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Less than half of all nursing home residents and less than a quarter of staff have received a bivalent booster shot, according to federal data. As the coldest months approach, the low vaccination rates portend a difficult and potentially deadly winter.

Nursing home residents and staff are particularly susceptible to COVID-19 infection; one-fifth of all U.S. COVID-19 deaths have occurred among residents and staff in long-term care facilities, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF).  

A KFF analysis of federal data showed only 45 percent of nursing home residents and 22 percent of staff were up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines just ahead of Thanksgiving. The rates are much higher than the general population, but much lower than the industry would like. 

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