What older adults should know about the lowered age for pneumoccal vaccine.

CDC panel lowers age for key vaccine. What older adults should know. A panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to lower the recommended age for older adults to get their pneumococcal vaccine. Adrianna Rodriguez USA TODAY

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Lowering the recommended age for the vaccine will expand eligibility to people under 65 with health conditions that make them more likely to develop severe disease from the bacteria. Data from Wednesday’s meeting showed about 90% of people between 50 and 64 have at least one condition that puts them at risk.

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