BREAKING: First appropriate use guidance published for Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 27, 2021
The first set of guidelines has been published for clinicians who wish to prescribe the new drug aducanumab (Aduhelm) and to properly monitor its administration. The recommendations fill the gaps between...
COVID-19 connected to dementia-like disability, multiple studies find
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 27, 2021
A bout with COVID-19 can cause dementia-like brain changes and related functional decline, especially for seniors and in people who lose their sense of smell, researchers are finding.
There has been a steady increase in non-COVID-19 respiratory viruses since federal and local authorities began lifting pandemic mitigation measures in early 2021, the agency says.
Second dose of mRNA vaccine is safe after acute allergic reaction to first, investigators say
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 27, 2021
The CDC has recommended that people who have a reaction to the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines take the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as a second shot. But the new study suggests that this “mixed” series of...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, July 27
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 27, 2021
Feds publish long-COVID disability coverage guidelines … Genesis’ targeted COVID-19 vaccine efforts increased uptake among Black, Hispanic employees … Israel may recommend Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster...
CDC safety panel: J&J vaccine benefits outweigh rare neuro risks seen in older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 26, 2021
The benefits of the shot — including reduced hospitalization, intensive care unit admission and death — outweigh the risk of contracting Guillain-Barre syndrome, the Advisory Committee on Immunization...
New cases of antifungal-resistant yeast infections in nursing homes alarm CDC
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 26, 2021
For the first time, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has identified U.S. nursing home residents and hospital patients with candida auris yeast infections that resist all first-line antifungal...
Clinical briefs for Monday, July 26
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 26, 2021
U.S. purchase of 200M more Pfizer vaccine doses may foreshadow booster shot needs: report … Pandemic prostate cancer surgery disparities are a surprise to investigators … Scientists reverse age-related...
Online tool helps take guesswork out of COVID-19 testing in long-term care facilities
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 23, 2021
The LTCF Simulation dashboard uses facility and community data — such as proposed test schedules, number of shift workers, vaccination rates and community case prevalence — to help LTC administrators...
American Hospital Association ‘strongly’ urges mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare workers
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 23, 2021
Vaccination protects personnel at work and in the community, and reduces the risk of unintentionally bringing the disease to work and transmitting it to patients and peers, AHA said.