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A pandemic lesson: Older adults need to go back to their doctor and make preventive care a top priority

  • Written by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor of Medicine, Geriatrics, University of Virginia
imageOlder patients should reconnect with their doctors for a wellness visit. Roberto Silvino/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Older people have borne a higher burden of illness and death from COVID-19, with people 65 and older experiencing higher rates of hospitalization and death. That’s only part of the sad story, however. In many instances, older...

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