Many long-term care staff and residents in Arizona are skipping the COVID-19 bivalent booster shot. David Voepel is the CEO of the Arizona Healthcare Association, which represents nursing homes in the state. "Arizona's last in vaccine uptake, and not just the regular vaccine, but I'm talking [about] the bivalent booster. And we're lasted that both on staff and on residents," Voepel said. Voepel met with Health Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, who was in Phoenix earlier this month. Voepel told Becerra that a widespread education campaign is needed to help staff and residents understand the benefits of the updated booster.
