New ‘weapon in our arsenal’: Antibody drug cuts COVID risk by 80 percent in LTC residents
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 22, 2021
Staff and residents who received Eli Lilly’s monoclonal antibody therapy were less likely to contract symptomatic COVID-19 than placebo groups in a late-stage trial. Industry advocates are hailing...
Eliminating residents’ chronic pain not a realistic goal: Aim for quality of life, experts tell...
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 24, 2021
Even the best, multimodal treatment strategies may be only 30% effective, say the authors of a new review and pain management guide.
Private equity equates to poorer outcomes for nursing home residents, physician contends
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 21, 2021
For-profit nursing homes have put residents at higher risk of death during the pandemic and are a poor deal for elders overall, according to a cardiologist and researcher.
CDC: LTC residents account for many omicron hospitalizations among the vaccinated
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 12, 2022
Long-term care facility residents continue to face greater risks from COVID-19 than the general public, even when they’ve been vaccinated, new data show.
COVID vaccine protection drops by 80 percent in 6 months among nursing home residents: study
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 03, 2021
Vaccinated staff members had a similar six-month decrease in immunity levels, investigators say. The data may support recommendations for vaccine booster shots, they contend.
CDC: Boosted nursing home residents 10 times less likely to be infected with COVID-19
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2021
The news, delivered by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, is a bit of cheer amidst other new evidence that COVID-19 cases are increasing among fully vaccinated long-term care residents.