PPE reuse has helped spread different germs during pandemic: drug-resistant bacteria, fungi
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 28, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has forced many long-term care facilities to resort to reusing single-use respirators, face masks, face shields and eye protection, and now new research suggests this desperate...
Stroke survivors who completed a cardiac rehabilitation program focused on aerobic exercise significantly improved their ability to transition from sitting to standing as well as in how far they could...
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Jan. 28
By
Amy Novotney
Jan 28, 2021
Americans’ reluctance to get vaccinated for COVID-19 is waning, new poll finds … Walgreens plans to complete administration of COVID-19 first doses in assisted living facilities by mid-February …...
Drinking alcohol is a valued pastime for some long-term care residents, but purposeful policies can keep the practice from becoming a moral, logistical and legal quagmire for facility operators, say forensic...
Veterans more likely to lose a limb to chronic disease than battle, study finds
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 27, 2021
An analysis of health records from veterans up to age 76 show that peripheral arterial disease and diabetes are prevalent in amputees, while trauma is rarely a cause of amputation.
Drugmakers to test vaccine boosters in cautionary step against new COVID strains
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 27, 2021
Pfizer and Moderna say they are planning to test or develop new booster vaccines in a pre-emptive strike against new coronavirus strains that may make their current COVID-19 vaccines less effective.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Jan. 27
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 27, 2021
Senior living providers express concern as states redirect COVID vaccines elsewhere … Unused nursing home vaccines to be rerouted by some states … Germany denies claim that AstraZeneca vaccine...
COVID hospitalizations in Israel fall by 60 percent three weeks after vaccinations
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 26, 2021
In a study involving more than 50,000 patients, COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations appeared to begin falling sharply at about 18 days after a first vaccine dose, and by even more after the second.
CDC: COVID vaccines can be interchanged and doses delayed in supply crunch
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 26, 2021
The agency has suggested exceptions to its official vaccine rules for cases when supply shortages interrupt second doses.