At least one group of nursing homes has surpassed the 70% threshold when it comes to vaccinating staff.
Stay on guard: Vaccinated residents remain susceptible to outbreaks, French nursing home studies reveal
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 13, 2021
Vaccinations and infection control measures may not entirely protect nursing homes from COVID-19 outbreaks — especially when staff members are unvaccinated, according to two new studies from France.
Despite progress, nursing homes expected to fall short of 75% staff vaccination goal
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Danielle Brown
Jun 23, 2021
There’s still much progress needed for long-term care industry providers to meet their self-imposed goal of getting three-quarters of all nursing home workers vaccinated against COVID-19 by this time...
COVID ‘breakthrough’ outbreak affects one quarter of residents at French nursing home
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 15, 2021
In a facility with a 97% resident vaccination rate, the large number of infections shows that a shot alone is not enough to protect the frail elderly from SARS-CoV-2, researchers contend.
Severe breakthrough cases spiked among seniors after delta appeared: study
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2021
The more time that had elapsed since vaccination, the greater the odds of severe reinfection illness for older patients, physicians from Yale University found. The results highlight the need for timely...
FDA expands COVID booster shot access; says vaccines can be mixed or matched
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 21, 2021
The agency has amended the emergency use authorizations for Moderna’s and Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccines to allow for the use of a single booster dose in certain eligible groups.
Require COVID-19 vaccination of all healthcare workers, seven clinical groups say
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 14, 2021
Their evidence-based verdict: healthcare institutions and facilities — including long-term care facilities — should require that their personnel be vaccinated as a condition of employment.
Pandemic persists in nursing homes with low vax rates; case counts rising, NIC analyst says
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 23, 2021
Half of the U.S. skilled nursing facilities with newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in early August had staff vaccination rates 12% below the national average, new data show. At the same time, overall per-resident...
Feds mull swift sanction of 2nd coronavirus booster
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 25, 2022
The Biden administration may authorize a second booster shot within weeks, a new report finds. Officials want to get ahead of an expected uptick in SARS-CoV-2 infections, sources say.
Staff vaccination rate tied to resident deaths in COVID-19 hot spots, national data show
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 10, 2021
Estimates reveal that if a large sample of U.S. nursing homes had averaged 83% staff vaccination coverage this summer, at least 700 fewer residents would have died from COVID-19 over a two-month period.