Covid-19 Threatens Nursing Homes

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Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for Covid - KFF Health News

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Just 4 in 10 nursing home residents in the U.S. received an updated covid vaccine in the winter of 2023-24 .

Infants cannot be vaccinated against covid until they are 6 months old .

The low vaccination rate was partly driven by the end of the federal government’s paying for administering the shots.

Sanford ’s success shows the onus of getting patients vaccinated extends beyond nursing homes, an industry official says.

A 40% recent vaccination rate is inexcusable, he says, given the danger the virus poses to people who live in nursing homes.

A study from the Journal of Health Economics estimates that from the start of the pandemic through Aug. 15, 2021 , 21% of covid deaths in the U.S. were among people living in nursing home.

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