A new #State from #HelenBranswell on #covid and the abysmal uptake of the most recent vaccine, even for those most at risk - people over 65.

No clear answer on why even people who routinely get an annual flu shot are not getting the most recent covid #vaccine.

#PublicHealth

https://www.statnews.com/2024/01/22/flu-vaccine-demand-covid-vaccine/

Why many more people are lining up for a flu shot than a Covid vaccine

Americans who regularly get a flu shot are just the type of people you’d expect would routinely get vaccinated against Covid. And yet many are not.

STAT

Interesting article on #measles and the increasing threat we will see over the next few years, on #StatNews, via #HelenBranswell.

Babies are most at risk, but there are now many pockets of adults who are susceptible to this incredibly contagious virus.

https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/02/adult-measles-infection/

Measles was once seen as a childhood disease. Increasingly, adults are susceptible, too

The growing susceptibility of adults to measles worries infectious disease experts who know how difficult this infection can be when it is experienced in adulthood.

STAT