Health Populi January 23, 2026
Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

The rate of vaccinations among people 65 years of age and older has declined since 2019 — a personal health challenge for aging Americans and their caregivers and families, and a public health problem for the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control’s National Center for Health Statistics published Data Brief 547 on the situation on January 21, 2026.

In the meantime, serendipity and timing are uncanny in the moment as The Value of Vaccines conversation series from Pfizer was launched this week. I am grateful to have participated in this project with several sisters-in-expertise: Elif Alyanak from Avalere, Venesa Day with Fox Chubby Health Policy Consulting, and Kim Thiboldeaux of the Northeast Business Group on Health, moderated by “Dr. G,”...

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