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In the updated version of its 2019 report: <strong><em>As One of Canada\u2019s Top Killers, Why Isn\u2019t Pneumonia Taken More Seriously?<\/em><\/strong> the National Institute on Ageing (NIA) finds that, unfortunately, pneumococcal vaccination rates among Canadians aged 65 years and older continue to lag at around 55 per cent \u2014 nowhere near the target of 80 per cent set by the Public Health Agency of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/qa.yourwebsitebuild.com\/nia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/April-25-2023-\u2014-Media-Release.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada continues to fall short of its targets for vaccinating older adults against pneumonia, even though they are at higher risk of contracting this lung infection \u2014 and far more likely to die from it. 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