The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant risks to cancer patients, who have a more vulnerable immune system due to cancer treatments. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that cancer patients with COVID-XNUMX are at increased risk for developing cancer.

CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed new guidelines from the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which recommends that people 65 years of age and older, as well as those with moderate or severe immunocompromise, receive the vaccine.