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Immunocompromised people make up nearly half of COVID-19 breakthrough hospitalizations – an extra vaccine dose may help

  • Written by Jonathan Golob, Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease, University of Michigan
imageCancer and organ transplant patients, people with untreated HIV and people with other immunodeficiencies are at high risk of severe COVID-19 infection.burakkarademir/E+ via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially recommended on Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, 2021, respectively, that...

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