Brown University is awarded nearly $5 million by the CDC to study COVID-19 ...

Brown University is awarded nearly $5 million by the CDC to study COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in nursing home residents and whether or not they need booster shots CDC officials have awarded Brown University researchers and their Case University $4.9 million to study Covid vaccine effectiveness in seniors The team will study tween 800 to 1,200 nursing home residents who have received one of the vaccines, including a group who will receive boosters Researchers will analyze the residents' immune response and overall health to see if antibody levels change over time Previous studies have suggest that elderly people see antibody levels dramatically drop after six months

By Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com

Published: 22:20 BST, 13 September 2021 | Updated: 22:21 BST, 13 September 2021

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Brown University has been awarded 4.9 million by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to study vaccine effectiveness among seniors.

The two-year project will look at nursing home residents after being fully vaccinated or after receiving a booster shot.

Nursing home residents were among the first to have Covid vaccines made available to them in December 2020, after the facilities quickly became sites of death and despair early in the pandemic.

But officials worry that some early adopters of the vaccine not be as protected as they were just after receiving the shot

CDC officials have awarded Brown University researchers and their Case University $4.9 million to study Covid vaccine effectiveness in seniors. Pictured: CVS Pharmacist William Hallock gives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine to Kendal-Crosslands Communities staff member Georgie Stoker in Kennett, Pennsylvania, January 2021

'Given rising case counts of the Delta variant, we need to know as soon as possible who needs a vaccine booster shot and when they need

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