University of Iowa aids research showing benefits of updated COVID booster
New University of Iowa-involved research shows "significant protection" from the bivalent shot among adults 65 and older.
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New University of Iowa-involved research shows "significant protection" from the bivalent shot among adults 65 and older.
Only 19% of adults in Nebraska, 22% in Iowa and 18% nationally are up to date on all their shots.
Combined with the low rate of people up to date on their booster shots, the more contagious variant is translating into more cases, hospitalizations and deaths, an expert said.
A new variant, XBB.1.5, now is becoming dominant in the U.S., according to the CDC. But that variant has not yet appeared in Nebraska variant surveillance reports.
The athletic departments across Iowa's public universities have together spent over $7.3 million on COVID-19 testing and other pandemic precautions and measures.