GAO report finds ‘deficiencies’ in HHS’s handling of PHEs
May 15, 2023
Over a decades’ time, these issues have affected the nation’s response not only to COVID-19, but to past public health emergencies including the H1N1 influenza pandemic and extreme weather events...
Feds must ramp up efforts against antibiotic resistance: GAO
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 27, 2023
Federal health agencies must urgently tackle key measures of a plan to curb the rising threat of antibiotic-resistant organisms, according to new testimony released by the Government Accountability Office...
CMS shares new coverage details for Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 26, 2023
On the eve of an FDA decision, CMS has released new information about the detailed patient data that clinicians must provide to ensure Medicare coverage when prescribing Leqembi.
Opioid prescribing info updated, adverse reactions flagged
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 18, 2023
The FDA has made several updates to its opioid prescribing information, including new warnings about increased pain that can lead to adverse reactions such as respiratory depression.
Nurses back Senate legislation that would lift restrictions on APRNs’ scope of practice
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 09, 2022
The legislation would eliminate outdated federal barriers to care, authorizing advanced practice nurses to perform tasks such as providing all mandatory examinations in skilled nursing facilities, advocates...
Low vaccination levels explain high COVID burden on the socially vulnerable: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 06, 2023
Vaccination coverage remains lower in socially vulnerable communities, contributing to relatively poor COVID-19 outcomes, investigators report.
Senior care association opens free COVID test kit program to all providers
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 09, 2023
Industry advocate LeadingAge is now offering free test kits to long-term care providers in all care settings and communities.
Nursing homes should rethink care standards for AED use in cardiac arrest, doc says
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 21, 2023
Medical directors should reevaluate their facilities’ procedures for CPR attempts, especially the use of AEDs, a Johns Hopkins physician and SNF chief medical officer says in a new review.
Sodium selenate found safe in early trial targeting frontotemporal dementia
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Alicia Lasek
May 18, 2023
An early-stage study has found that sodium selenate is safe and well-tolerated in patients with behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.
Lawmakers push to keep ‘ineffective’ new opioids from market
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 08, 2023
Congressional lawmakers have renewed efforts to give the Food and Drug Administration more power to deny drug applications for opioids that are not proven clinically superior to and lower risk than currently...