Thursday, June 30, 2011

Infectious Disease Experts Call For Better Understanding Of How To Protect Older Americans From Influenza

Americans 65 years of age and older are at the highest risk of developing severe complications from influenza, but these same individuals receive less protection from annual influenza vaccination than others. While annual vaccination is the best means of protection for everyone, including older adults, a brief issued by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) urges the healthcare community to take action to increase understanding of the immunization challenges and new opportunities for protecting older Americans from influenza...

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