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COVID-19: Who's at higher risk of serious symptoms?
Lung problems
Heart disease, diabetes and obesity
Older age
Lung problems, including asthma
Heart disease
Diabetes and obesity
Cancer and certain blood disorders
Weakened immune system
Chronic kidney or liver disease
Down syndrome
Protect yourself; prevent unnecessary risk
What raises the risk of severe or critical COVID-19 illness?
Age raises the risk of serious COVID-19
Aging plus disease raises the risk of serious COVID-19
Asthma, COPD, other lung diseases raise risk of severe COVID-19
Cancer raises the risk of severe COVID-19
A COVID-19 vaccine can lower your risk of serious illness
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Age and COVID-19 risk
How age and health conditions affect COVID-19 risk
Lung diseases and COVID-19 risk
Cancer and COVID-19 risk
Other conditions that raise the risk of severe COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines and serious illness
How else can you lower the risk of severe COVID-19?
Heart disease, diabetes and obesity
Older age
Lung problems, including asthma
Heart disease
Diabetes and obesity
Cancer and certain blood disorders
Weakened immune system
Chronic kidney or liver disease
Down syndrome
Protect yourself; prevent unnecessary risk
What raises the risk of severe or critical COVID-19 illness?
Age raises the risk of serious COVID-19
Aging plus disease raises the risk of serious COVID-19
Asthma, COPD, other lung diseases raise risk of severe COVID-19
Cancer raises the risk of severe COVID-19
A COVID-19 vaccine can lower your risk of serious illness
Content
Age and COVID-19 risk
How age and health conditions affect COVID-19 risk
Lung diseases and COVID-19 risk
Cancer and COVID-19 risk
Other conditions that raise the risk of severe COVID-19
COVID-19 vaccines and serious illness
How else can you lower the risk of severe COVID-19?
Cancer and COVID-19 risk
In general, having cancer can raise the risk of serious COVID-19 illness. People who have blood cancer may have a higher risk of being sick for longer, or getting sicker, with COVID-19 than people with solid tumors. This also is true of people who had blood cancer in the past.
Cancer treatment also may affect how well your COVID-19 vaccine works. Ask your care team about getting vaccinated after treatments that affect some immune cells.
