"CDC recommended that migrants receive flu vaccine, but CBP rejected the idea"

SHSF grant’s to The Brookings Institution discussed in The Washington Post.

A new report from the Brookings Institution warns that risk factors such as lackluster sanitation, overcrowding and poor nutrition are creating a “perfect storm” of conditions in CBP detention facilities that could lead to severe outbreaks of the flu and other communicable diseases. The report recommends vaccinating detained migrants as a way of limiting outbreaks.”

View the full article online at The Washington Post.

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