COVID|19 hits older adults hardest

Coronaviruses hit seniors the hardest - Quartz

Close to 10,000 people have contracted the new coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China—more cases than SARS in 2003.

COVID-19 has hit nursing homes hard | European Geriatric Medicine

COVID-19 has hit nursing homes hard. Editorial; Published: 03 ... older adults through COVID-19. J Am Geriatr Soc 68:1678–1679. Article ...

Fact-check: Pandemic data supports Washington Post headline a ...

... COVID-19 has pushed deaths in the U.S. to their highest numbers in a year and that the elderly and unvaccinated have been hit hardest. It ...

1 in 3 older adults develop new conditions after COVID-19

“Maybe someone was going to have a stroke or a heart attack 10 years from now, but COVID-19 — because it's such a heavy hit ... And it's hard to ...

FACT SHEET: Biden Administration Announces Historic $10 Billion ...

... 19 Vaccines and Build Vaccine Confidence in Hardest-Hit and Highest-Risk Communities ... People on dialysis who contract COVID-19 often ...

Officials Failed to Act When COVID Hit Prisons. A New Study Shows ...

People in prison died at 3.4 times the rate of the free population, with the oldest hit hardest. New data holds lessons for preventing ...

What doctors wish patients knew now about COVID-19 risk and age

And while anyone can get COVID-19, it is essential to pay special attention to age as a risk factor. Hospitalization among older adults reached ...

RSV Vaccine Makers Hit Hard by New CDC Guidelines - BioSpace

... COVID-19 and RSV vaccines. Investors were not happy, and Moderna's ... older adults. According to Airfinity, prior to the new ACIP ...

COVID cases spike this summer. What's expected for fall 2024?

From barbecues to festivals and elder facilities to crowded airports, COVID has been infecting many people this summer. ... hits hard. So ...

Rising food prices hit less-healthy older adults hardest, poll suggests

Food cost inflation has hit certain groups of older adults harder, the poll suggests – especially individuals who rate their physical or mental health as fair ...

Exploring the Interpretation of COVID-19 Messaging on Older Adults ...

For example, Francesca (age. 91) described acknowledging the severity of the pandemic only when it became a national concern:“I don't think it hit me that hard.

American Older Adults in COVID-19 Times: Vulnerability Types ...

About one-half of older adults in the hard-hit United States reported stress related to the disease, while a quarter developed negative ...

Older workers were devastated by the pandemic downturn and ...

The COVID-19 recession has hit older workers hard: Employment level ... Older workers face a more difficult recovery from the COVID-19 ...

Economic Impact of the Pandemic on Older Adults - ASA Generations

... hardest hit by COVID-19. These frontline, essential employees worked in public-facing positions, many of them in positions that lack paid ...

Who Is Most at Risk for Long COVID? | Harvard Medical School

A new study of more than 800,000 people has found that in the U.S., COVID “long haulers” were more likely to be older and female, with more ...

Older Adults Battle Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 | Kiplinger

A Range of COVID-19 Symptoms. Older adults have been hit hard; 95% of all coronavirus deaths in the U.S. involved a patient who was at least 50 ...

Population At-Risk: Homelessness and the COVID-19 Crisis

Growing Numbers: Even before the current health/economic crisis, the older adult homeless population was projected to trend upwards until 2030. For example, in ...

Flu and COVID Cases Are Surging: How to Protect Yourself

... hitting at once—is still difficult to say. “There are predictive ... Most healthy children older than age 2 and adults younger than age ...

About Half of Lower-Income Americans Report Household Job or ...

In addition to being among the hardest hit by the economic fallout from COVID ... Although older adults are more likely than middle-aged ...

Coronavirus: Why has the virus hit African Americans so hard? - BBC

To a lot of Americans, the racial disparities shown in the number of people dying of coronavirus-related causes have sadly been unsurprising ...