India, June 24 -- A new study has found that the 2025-26 COVID-19 vaccine provides important protection against severe illness, lowering the chances of hospitalization and emergency or urgent care visits.
Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) analyzed data from more than 111,000 adults who visited 253 emergency and urgent care centers and 179 hospitals across seven U.S. states between September and December 2025. They compared people who tested positive for COVID-19 with those who tested negative and checked whether they had received the updated 2025-26 vaccine.
The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that vaccinated adults were about 50% less likely to need emergency or urgent care treatment for C...