Vaccine to protect seniors from RSV ready for FDA review, drugmaker says
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 13, 2022
A vaccine to help prevent a leading cause of pneumonia in the elderly has been found effective in late-stage clinical trials.
Seniors are absent — but necessary — in COVID-19 vaccine trials, experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 29, 2020
With older adults frequently excluded in COVID-19 clinical trials, investigators are concerned that they will ultimately be denied treatments and vaccines due to safety concerns.
COVID vaccine protects elderly; delivery program has buy-in from nearly all U.S. nursing homes
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 19, 2020
Fully 99% of skilled nursing facilities nationwide have signed on with the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program vaccine delivery initiative, HHS says. The news arrived just as Pfizer...
Shots gone bad: Residents at five facilities must get COVID-19 vaccine again after doses are stored wrong
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Danielle Brown
Feb 04, 2021
Leaders at five Ohio long-term and residential care facilities are working with Walgreens and state officials to re-administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents following a storage error caused by the pharmacy...
The COVID race: Vaccines 90% effective in frontline workers, but variant cases rising
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 30, 2021
The pace of U.S. vaccinations must hold up against the effects of spreading virus variants to keep further outbreaks under control, according to the CDC and expert observers.
PharMerica: Walgreens’ federal partnership will help ease COVID vaccine delivery to long-term care...
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 28, 2020
Some long-term care stakeholders might question parts of the new federal-private partnership that ultimately will offer COVID-19 vaccination materials to every certified nursing home in the nation.
LTC pharmacies seek key role in COVID vaccine distribution
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2020
Long-term care pharmacies now have a voice in federal decisions about COVID vaccine delivery to nursing homes and assisted living communities, says the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.
Older adults who have received J&J need not be concerned: expert
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Amy Novotney
Apr 20, 2021
Joshua Sharfstein, M.D., vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at Johns Hopkins University, has a message for older adults who have received the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine:...
Only 4 states have hit 75 percent LTC staff vaccination goal, new CMS data reveal
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 30, 2021
States that have achieved the industry’s June 30 goal are Hawaii, Vermont, Alaska and California, with staff member vaccination rates ranging from 83% to 75%. By contrast, the lowest-ranked state...
Worries mount despite new lows for nursing home COVID-19 cases, deaths
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Kimberly Marselas
Mar 31, 2021
COVID-19 cases in U.S. nursing homes have hit their lowest mark since federal officials began tracking last May, according to a new report issued by the American Health Care Association and National Center...