One of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work groups is considering backpedaling universal COVID-19 vaccine recommendations—the current thinking—in favor of recommendations based on individual risk for the occurrence of more severe disease. If the suggestion advances, guidance would still call for adults aged 65 years and older as well as anyone with underlying health risks to receive at least 2 doses of the COVID vaccine every year. However, anyone outside of the high-risk group who wants a vaccine would likely be able to get one, according to CBS reporting on the agency updates. A formal vote could happen as early as June from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
COVID remains a concern: There were 182 deaths in the United States attributed to COVID-19 for the week ending April 5, 2025. Respiratory- and COVID-related ICD-10 codes were the clear frontrunners among the codes recorded for urgent care visits in 2023—a year that saw the official end of the pandemic declaration. Read more from the JUCM archive: Categorization of Codes Most Frequently Used in Urgent Care
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