Air Pollution Drives Hospital Admissions for Lower Respiratory Infections
Men, people over 65, and those diagnosed with hypertension are the most vulnerable population groups.
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Air Pollution Drives Hospital Admissions for Lower Respiratory Infections
Men, people over 65, and those diagnosed with hypertension are the most vulnerable population groups.
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RSV Vaccine Effectiveness Lower in Immunocompromised Older Adults
Johns Hopkins Medicine says further research is needed to better understand the problem and find ways to enhance immune response in this high-risk population.
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CDC Recommends Extra COVID-19 Shot for Seniors and High-Risk Groups
The CDC now recommends a second COVID-19 vaccine dose for people aged 65 and older, as well as those who are immunocompromised, six months after their initial dose.
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Digital Reminders Boost Flu Shot Uptake, But Clinical Outcomes Unchanged
Modest increases in influenza vaccination rates seen with electronic nudges did not translate into observable improvements in clinical outcomes.
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What Percentage of Older Adults Got RSV Vaccines? Hint: It’s Single Digits
A Texas A&M University School of Public Health study surveyed 1,345 Americans aged 60 and above on their RSV vaccination status.
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Canada Approves Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine
The vaccine was approved for older adults and infants through maternal immunization.
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Full RSV Vaccination Could Cut Senior Hospitalizations by 91.7%
Respiratory syncytial virus vaccines recently approved for people 60 and older would dramatically reduce the disease’s burden of illness and death if they were widely adopted like annual influenza vaccines, a Yale University study finds.
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Gender and Age Disparities Hinder Bystander CPR
Women are less likely to be given bystander CPR than men in public places, but in private spaces, older people are less likely to be given CPR, according to research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress.
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Common Vaccines May Shield Against Alzheimer’s Disease
A year after discovering that flu vaccines decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s disease by 40%, the same research team found that several other common vaccines also provide protective benefits.
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Dementia Top COVID-19 Risk Factor for Swedish Nursing Home Residents
A study of Swedish nursing home residents identified seven independent risk factors for both contracting and succumbing to COVID-19.
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FDA Panel to Convene to Review Promising RSV Vaccine Candidates
The FDA accepted Biologics License Applications and granted priority review for both Pfizer and GSK’s RSV older adult vaccine candidates last year following positive data from phase 3 trials.
Read MoreAre CDC Vaccination Rates Inflated?
The CDC has recorded more seniors at least partly vaccinated — 55.4 million — than there are people in that age group — 54.1 million, according to the latest census data from 2019.
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