Parsing Chronological and Biological Age Effects on Vaccine Responses

Aging-US · Mar 28, 2023 · 3m

A new editorial paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) Volume 15, Issue 5, entitled, “Parsing chronological and biological age effects on vaccine responses.” Researchers Chris P. Verschoor and George A. Kuchel from Health Sciences North Research Institute in Ontario, Canada, began this editorial by writing that the COVID-19 pandemic illustrated that older age, particularly when accompanied by common chronic illnesses of aging, is arguably the most significant population attributable factor for severe outcomes of acute respiratory infection, including the risk of hospitalization, disability…