By Carma Hassan, CNN Black, American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic adults are more likely than their White peers to be hospitalized for the flu, but less likely to be vaccinated against it, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds.
About half of U.S. adults get their flu shot each year, but a new report finds that Black, Hispanic and Native Americans are less likely to get a flu vaccine — and more likely to be hospitalized.
Black, Hispanic and Native American people continue to be more likely to be hospitalized with the flu—and less likely to be vaccinated against it, according to a federal report.
Black, AI/AN and Hispanic adults were 1.2 to 1.8 times more likely to be hospitalized than white adults over the past 13 flu seasons, according to the new report.
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