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UPDATES OCTOBER 23 "CDC Recommends lowering the age for Pneumococcal Vaccination from 65 to 50 Years" Read the CDC's statement here. NANASP IN THE NEWS OCTOBER 21 | NBC News NANASP Executive Director Bob Blancato spoke with reporter, Erika Edwards of NBC News. Read the online article here.
OCTOBER 21 | RHODE ISLAND NEWS TODAY NANASP Executive Director Bob Blancato spoke with Herb Weiss, Rhode Island News Today on NANASP's efforts to lower the age-based recommendation for the pneumonia vaccine. The article features NANASP's letter co-led by NCBA and NHCOA joined by 20 signers. View the article here.
OCTOBER 20 | WBAL-AM NANASP Executive Director Bob Blancato joined Jerry Rogers on his weekly radio show on WBAL-AM, the local Baltimore radio station. Listen to the radio show here.
OCTOBER 4 | FOX DC NANASP Executive Director Bob Blancato spoke live with Marina Marraco and Joe Clair, anchors of FOX DC’s local streaming show “The DMZ Zone”. View the interview here. |
NANASP'S ADVOCACY EFFORTS
OCTOBER 24
Yesterday, our collective voices were heard and the CDC’s ACIP voted in favor of lowering the age-based routine recommendation for the pneumonia vaccines to age 50 and older. This is a policy that for years so many of us have supported and advocated for and we should all be proud of this achievement. Read a statement from NANASP Executive Director Bob Blancato here.
OCTOBER 15
See our letter to the CDC NANASP co-led with the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging and the National Hispanic Council on Aging.