senior citizen

How to use senior citizen in a sentence

• “We’re creatures of learned behavior,” she said, urging residents to keep trying to schedule a shot as the District works toward its goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the city’s senior citizens by the end of the month.

  South Africa and U.K. coronavirus variants detected in D.C.; Maryland to open third mass vaccination site | Erin Cox, Julie Zauzmer, Rachel Chason | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post

• New Jersey could have larger and better schools, better hospitals, and provide senior housing and medical care for the senior citizens.

  Sports gambling could be the pandemic’s biggest winner | Jonathan D. Cohen | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post

• Virtual health and wellness platforms have grown increasingly popular throughout the pandemic, but a new startup wants to focus that effort exclusively on senior citizens.

  Health tech startup Bold raises $7 million in seed funding for senior-focused fitness programs | Sophie Burkholder | February 4, 2021 | TechCrunch

• Coronavirus vaccines were first distributed in the United States in December, with health care workers, senior citizens and other at-risk groups getting first priority.

  NBA players should wait on vaccination and ramp up advocacy, experts say | Ben Golliver | January 22, 2021 | Washington Post

• In the District, Bowser announced Thursday that Sibley Memorial Hospital will set up on-site vaccination clinics at the 14 public housing sites for senior citizens operated by the city’s housing agency.

  D.C. will resume indoor dining Friday as coronavirus cases hover at elevated levels | Julie Zauzmer, Rebecca Tan, Erin Cox, Gregory S. Schneider | January 22, 2021 | Washington Post