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Older Adults Now Able to Receive Additional Dose of Updated COVID-19 Vaccine March 1st, 2024Lawrence Picklesimer

Older Adults Now Able to Receive Additional Dose of Updated COVID-19 Vaccine

March 1, 2024News & Updatesable, Additional, adults, COVID19, Dose, Older, Receive, Updated, VaccineLawrence Picklesimer

Today, CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for adults ages 65 years and older to receive an additional updated 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine dose.

CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults July 3rd, 2023Deana Bowman

CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults

July 3, 2023News & Updatesadults, Older, Recommends, VaccineDeana Bowman

CDC Recommends RSV Vaccine For Older Adults.

CDC simplifies COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, allows older adults and immunocompromised adults to get second dose of the updated vaccine April 20th, 2023Pedro Buxton

CDC simplifies COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, allows older adults and immunocompromised adults to get second dose of the updated vaccine

April 20, 2023News & Updatesadults, Allows, COVID19, Dose, Immunocompromised, Older, Recommendations, second, simplifies, Updated, VaccinePedro Buxton

Following FDA regulatory action, CDC has taken steps to simplify COVID-19 vaccine recommendations and allow more flexibility for people at higher risk who want the option of added protection from additional COVID-19 vaccine doses.

CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older October 25th, 2022Robin Hale

CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older

October 25, 2022News & Updatesadults, Ages, Allows, Boosters, COVID19, Monovalent, Novavax, OlderRobin Hale

Today, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults.

CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older October 25th, 2022Virginia Dubois

CDC Allows Novavax Monovalent COVID-19 Boosters for Adults Ages 18 and Older

October 25, 2022News & Updatesadults, Ages, Allows, Boosters, COVID19, Monovalent, Novavax, OlderVirginia Dubois

Today, CDC’s Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo allowing Novavax monovalent COVID-19 boosters for adults.

Suing for Older Adult Slip and Fall Accidents September 18th, 2022William Foley

Suing for Older Adult Slip and Fall Accidents

September 18, 2022Personal Injury ServicesAccidents, adult, Fall, Older, Slip, SuingWilliam Foley

Slip and fall injuries are much more dangerous for older adults than for anyone else. And they are, unfortunately, relatively common. The problem is that when an older person falls and breaks a bone, healing occurs more slowly or not at all. The risk of falling again can also be higher. A minor fall can … Continue reading Suing for Older Adult Slip and Fall Accidents →

Are You Liable for an Older Adult Parent's Car Accident? September 15th, 2022John McAllister

Are You Liable for an Older Adult Parent's Car Accident?

September 15, 2022Personal Injury ServicesAccident, adult, Liable, Older, Parent&#039sJohn McAllister

You should always respect the older adults in your life. But you might also want to fear them on the highway. While our older adult relatives may have a wealth of knowledge and compassion, they don’t always make the quickest or best decisions behind the wheel. And as Salon points out, getting older drivers to … Continue reading Are You Liable for an Older Adult Parent's Car Accident? →

Disrespecting Our Elders: Who to Call for Older Adult Abuse September 15th, 2022Jeffrey Kennedy

Disrespecting Our Elders: Who to Call for Older Adult Abuse

September 15, 2022Personal Injury ServicesAbuse, adult, Call, Disrespecting, Elders, OlderJeffrey Kennedy

Disrespecting Our Elders: Who to Call for Older Adult Abuse Stealing candy from a baby may be easy, but abusing older adults is more profitable. And, unfortunately, very popular. Despite the universal ideal that we must respect anyone older than us, older adults are abused across cultures and classes in the United States. The U.S. … Continue reading Disrespecting Our Elders: Who to Call for Older Adult Abuse →

CDC Director Statement on Pfizer's Use of COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Age 12 and Older May 13th, 2021Leon Robertson

CDC Director Statement on Pfizer's Use of COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Age 12 and Older

May 13, 2021News & Updatesadolescents, COVID19, Director, Older, Pfizer&#039s, Statement, VaccineLeon Robertson

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Signing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Recommendation to Use Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine in 12- to 15-Year-Olds

Fully Vaccinated Adults 65 and Older Are 94% Less Likely to Be Hospitalized with COVID-19 May 1st, 2021Amanda Lemon

Fully Vaccinated Adults 65 and Older Are 94% Less Likely to Be Hospitalized with COVID-19

May 1, 2021News & Updatesadults, COVID19, Fully, Hospitalized, Less, Likely, Older, VaccinatedAmanda Lemon

Both mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) authorized and recommended in the United States protect against COVID-19-related hospitalization among adults 65 years and older, according to a new CDC assessment that finds fully vaccinated adults 65 years and older were 94% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 than people of the same age who … Continue reading Fully Vaccinated Adults 65 and Older Are 94% Less Likely to Be Hospitalized with COVID-19 →