Updated COVID-19 Vaccines Lowered Hospitalization Risk Among Immunocompromised People By A Third, Study Finds

Healio (4/3, Feller) reports, “Receipt of an updated COVID-19 vaccine lowered the risk for hospitalization among immunocompromised people by around one-third, according to a study” published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. But “despite the benefits, researchers found that few patients with compromised immune systems received one of the monovalent shots, which became available in September, replacing the previous bivalent vaccines.”