SARS-CoV-2 vaccine effectiveness 66 percent during delta predominance
Aug 25, 2021
Vaccine effectiveness for all three vaccines decreased from 91 percent in months preceding delta predominance
Almost half of US veterans had long COVID symptoms up to 6 months after infection, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 21, 2023
A new study sheds light on the number of US veterans with long COVID, and details how long they experienced lingering symptoms. There’s not much data on long COVID and veterans, which is why the authors...
Docs push for new COVID-19 funding as signs point to rebound in U.S. omicron cases
By
Alicia Lasek
Mar 17, 2022
The alternative is to risk leaving patients without access to needed vaccines, treatments and testing, the American College of Physicians has told Congress.
Federal judge strikes down Montana vaccine-choice law in health settings
By
Joe Bush
Dec 13, 2022
Employers in healthcare settings other than long-term care facilities can require employees to be vaccinated against communicable diseases, a federal judge has ruled.
Novavax COVID-19 shot gets green light as new variant spreads
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 29, 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) has given Novavax approval for its updated COVID-19 vaccine. This occurred as the prevalence of a highly mutated COVID variant has tripled in the past two weeks, according...
Ensign touts another record quarter, returns $23M in federal relief funding
By
Danielle Brown
Oct 30, 2020
The Ensign Group has returned another $23 million in federal coronavirus relief funding after achieving another “record quarter,” executives reported Thursday.
Updated: 22 states petition CMS to repeal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
By
Lois A. Bowers
Nov 17, 2022
A coalition of 22 states led by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen (R), today formally called on the Biden administration to withdraw its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for nursing home and other healthcare...
New COVID-19 test kits promised as LTC operators contend with shortages, slow PCR results
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 03, 2022
Five million Celltion brand rapid tests will be shipped over a five-week period to facilities as they contend with testing supply shortages and slow lab turnaround times.
‘Delta Plus’ variant surfaces in eight U.S. states
Nov 02, 2021
AY.4.2 ‘sub-lineage’ of delta may spread faster than the original variant, but there is no evidence that it causes more severe illness
Long COVID symptoms lasted 3 years after infection for half of those infected, study finds
By
Kristen Fischer
Nov 28, 2023
If there’s one thing we know for sure about long COVID it’s that the symptoms can linger. A new study shows just how long symptoms can persist.