In This Episode:
Dr. K provides an update on COVID so far this year, and explains the available vaccines for the three respiratory viruses likely to be very active this fall and winter: COVID, influenza, and RSV. She also addresses other ways to protect oneself this winter.
She covers:
- 2024 vaccines for older adults
- COVID so far in 2024
- Why COVID remains worse than flu
- COVID vaccines for 2024-25
- Flu vaccines for 2024
- What to know about RSV vaccine
- How to stay healthier this winter
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134 โ COVID & Aging August 2023 Update: Staying Safe, Boosters & More
Related Resources:
- BHWA:
- Waste Water:
- CDC:
- COVID Data By Age Group
- COVID Hospitalization Tracker
- COVID Weekly Death Trends
- COVID Variants Trackers
- COVID Nursing Home Data Dashboard
- Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network
- Provisional COVID-19 Mortality Surveillance
- Severe Viral Respiratory Illness Dashboard
- Respiratory Illnesses Data Channel
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