Nursing homes and pharmacies are moving forward with recommendations from a U.S. panel to authorize COVID-19 booster shots for certain groups.

The 79-year-old has dementia. He left home, and for hours no one knew where he was.

The gap in COVID-19 hospitalization and death rates between those who are fully vaccinated and those who are not for people living in Dane Co. roughly doubles what is being seen in the rest of the state, new numbers show.