Although COVID-19 is entering its endemic stage, the risks of the condition haven’t disappeared.
Healthcare professionals and researchers alike are closely monitoring new variants and how our tests and treatments respond to them.
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus changes, should your behavior change, too?
But people are still getting infected and many are still experiencing serious illness.
While everyone is susceptible, some groups are at particularly high risk for COVID and its complications.
An updated vaccine was approved by the FDA in September 2023.
The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older receive it this fall.
Here’s how COVID is evolving, and how expert recommendations are evolving along with it.
That meant it could cause severe illness in just about anyone.
Although the virus keeps changing, people continue to have partial immunity to new strains.
That, paired with the availability of treatments, makes severe illness less likely today.
The vaccine formulations and recommendations have changed over time and some people might question the need for ongoing
vaccination.
COVID vaccines are particularly effective in protecting against severe disease and hospitalizations.
The CDC recommends that
everyone 6 months and older receive the updated vaccine this fall.
If you recently had COVID-19, you still need to stay up to date with your vaccines.
Its important to consider and discuss the risk of waiting with your doctor.
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