Advice from healthcare providers increases vaccination rates, new study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2021
A nudge from a healthcare provider makes a big difference in who is likely to get vaccinated, new evidence reveals.
Pfizer, Moderna vaccines recommended over Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus shot
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2021
Americans should preferably be vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots and the lesser protection found with the J&J vaccine, CDC says.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Dec. 17
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2021
OSHA’s COVID-19 standard set to expire Dec. 21 if action not taken … Falls prevention guidelines need to be more clinically applicable, reviewers say … ‘Amazing’ new clue emerges as to why omicron...
Pandemic has intensified shift away from SNFs as post-acute care destinations: study
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 16, 2021
The decrease in discharges to SNFs could have profound implications for the future of post-acute care and may hasten a reckoning about the instability of the nation’s nursing homes, physician researchers...
COVID-19 stress has hit older adults with health problems hardest, latest poll shows
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 16, 2021
Seniors with poor physical and mental health have endured an outsized burden of pandemic stress, according to a National Poll on Healthy Aging update.
Black SNF residents less likely to see ADL skills improve in post-acute stay, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 16, 2021
Black residents have significantly lower odds than white residents of improving independence in activities of daily living after hip fracture and stroke, a study of Medicare and MDS data shows.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Dec. 16
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 16, 2021
All three U.S.-authorized vaccines less effective against omicron without booster … Federal court reinstates CMS vaccine mandate in 26 states … Idaho officials: 1 in 4 COVID deaths were in nursing...
Post-acute care in nursing homes is increasingly out of reach for many, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 15, 2021
Fee-for-service Medicare admissions have increased steadily in highly specialized post-acute care facilities, leaving some groups out of the picture, investigators say.
Omicron renders Pfizer vaccine less effective; variant surge to hit U.S. by January
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 15, 2021
The vaccine is less able to prevent infection, but retains 70% protection against hospitalization, a new study shows. The news comes as federal health officials warn that omicron is spreading rapidly in...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Dec. 15
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 15, 2021
CMS vaccine mandate’s enforcement blocked on appeal … Supreme Court denies religious challenge to NY vaccine mandate … Adults prefer in-person clinical visit over telehealth care: poll … Prescriber’s...