Feds push combo therapy treatments in LTC to combat new COVID variants … People connections buoyed elders during pandemic, investigators say … Task force pinpoints eldercare services that drive up...
Robust response to virus variants expected in former COVID patients and the vaccinated
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 31, 2021
Blood samples from recovered COVID-19 patients show that they and their vaccinated peers should be able to fend off the virus and its variants in future encounters, NIH researchers say.
Vaccines protect against omicron’s fast-spreading sister variant, BA.2, new data show
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2022
COVID-19 vaccines will continue to protect the public against a spinoff omicron gene variant that’s making inroads across the United States, new data from the United Kingdom suggest.
November’s drop in COVID deaths may hint at early nursing home success, experts contend
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 16, 2021
Between spring pandemic lockdowns and November, mortality rates due to COVID-19 in nursing homes declined significantly — well before a vaccine was approved to treat the disease, according to a new study.
Orig3n streamlines nursing home COVID-19 testing
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Kimberly Marselas
May 20, 2020
Genetics and biotechnology company Orig3n is enabling COVID-19 testing for Massachusetts nursing home residents. The Orig3n 2019 novel coronavirus test was given emergency-use authorization by the Food...
Feds must embrace telehealth, not overregulate it, post pandemic: expert warns
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Danielle Brown
Jun 09, 2022
An expansion of telehealth flexibilities has been transformative for the long-term care profession and at least one expert is hoping that the federal government welcomes the changes rather than bog down...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Aug. 3
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 03, 2021
SNF recovery threatened by spread of delta variant: LTC exec … Nursing home COVID-19 outbreaks rising again in hot spots … Massachusetts outbreak prompts CDC to suggest re-upped pandemic mitigation...
J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine 74 percent effective, real-world study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 04, 2021
Data from more than 8,800 vaccinated Mayo Clinic patients has found that a single dose of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine reduces hospitalization in the face of widely circulating gene variants.
Advocacy groups plead for end to two-year wait for Medicare coverage for disabled
Nov 14, 2008
Healthcare and disability advocacy groups have launched a campaign to end the two-year waiting period the disabled must endure before qualifying for Medicare.
Dementia signs, symptoms may be different for Latinos, researchers say
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Alicia Lasek
May 27, 2021
Cultural practices and disease processes may explain why Latino adults with dementia experience faster functional decline and higher rates of depression and anxiety, investigators say.