Report: Nearly 80 percent of U.S. workers want employers to encourage or require vax for in-person staff
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 20, 2022
U.S. workers have been rattled by the omicron surge and most are looking to their employer to stay fully engaged in COVID-19 precautions, analysts say.
CDC: More than 10,000 contract COVID after vaccination
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Alicia Lasek
May 26, 2021
New data offer a glimpse into how breakthrough infections may affect the health of U.S. adults who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Prescribing off-label COVID boosters may put providers at legal risk: report
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 06, 2021
Clinicians who provide additional COVID-19 shots to fully vaccinated patients may be at risk for legal claims if they prescribe the doses outside of current federal guidelines, CDC says.
Phone therapy relieves seniors’ insomnia and pain, Kaiser study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 25, 2021
At 12 months, fully 56% of participants who received phone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy were still in remission from insomnia, compared with 26% of the control group.
Boosted: Just over half of fully vaccinated residents have gotten third dose
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Danielle Brown
Dec 13, 2021
Nearly 51% of fully vaccinated nursing home residents have received a booster shot, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Antibiotics overused in COVID-19 patients, analysis finds
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 07, 2021
Fully three quarters of COVID-19 patients receive antibiotics, although fewer than 10% have a bacterial infection, according to a new research review.
Booster shots fighting for attention with vaccine mandates as initial immunity starts to wane
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Danielle Brown
Nov 12, 2021
Long-term care providers pushing to get holdout staff fully vaccinated against COVID-19 now have an added concern: Convincing already inoculated workers to get booster shots as their immunity from the...
Residents’ lack of energy may signal malnutrition; full assessment advised
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 10, 2021
In a study of 13 nursing homes, fully 43% of residents reported that they lacked energy, and 12% were malnourished. The two problems were significantly linked, investigators say.
Fully 40% of healthcare workers who test positive for COVID-19 show no symptoms, and about half of those who test positive are nurses, according investigators.
In breakthrough, feds OK nursing home visits, group dining and activities; update infection control guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2021
After nearly a year in lockdown, nursing home residents can participate in indoor visitation, communal dining and group activities — with exceptions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...