We live in a country with significant resources, so the infant mortality rate and the increase are shockingly high, said Sandy Chung, MD, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Over 15 million people in the United States, around 4.5% of the population, had received the updated COVID-19 shots by October 27, lagging behind last year s vaccinations.
Among Canadians, patients aged 80 years or older are the least likely to have a history of COVID-19 infection and the most likely to be hospitalized or die following infection, data indicate.
Death rates from COVID-19 were much higher among people with serious mental illness and Black Caribbean/Black African persons than among White persons, new research suggests.