Healthcare facilities should move away from decontaminating and reusing disposable masks now that U.S. respirator supply has recovered, the agency says.
An antibody cocktail that halts disease progression in sick COVD-19 patients has been shown to prevent the disease altogether in healthy people who live in close contact with an infected person, the drugmaker...
Google vets health record tool for patients; Microsoft bets on healthcare AI
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2021
Google is recruiting Android users to see how they prefer to interact with their own health data, and Microsoft is working to develop software that transcribes patient-doctor conversations directly into...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, April 13
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2021
CMS ends COVID blanket waivers for resident transfers and discharges, roommate changes … Imbalance in gum bacteria linked to Alzheimer’s biomarker … Risk of blood clots high following COVID hospitalization;...
Pandemic paves way for mobile dentistry, teledentistry in long-term care, experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
Mobile dentistry for people with dementia, teledentistry, and vaccines by dentist are some of the opportunities that have arisen from disruptions to residents’ oral healthcare during the pandemic, according...
LTC residents have detectable antibodies 6 months after COVID vaccination
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
All residents tested in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Senior Communities were found to have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 after full vaccination. The findings are “cautious good news,”...
Clinical briefs for Monday, April 12
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
Mild COVID in low-risk healthcare workers: 1 in 7 report lasting symptoms … Up next: CMS moves to mandate staff vaccination reporting during public health emergency … Healthcare workers upbeat about...
Senior living community adds post-COVID ‘rehab hotel’ recovery program
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
A New Jersey-based senior living provider has dedicated rooms in assisted living to care for people who have ongoing medical issues after a bout with COVID-19.
Untracked COVID: Nursing home workers have died at twice the rate of hospital workers
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 09, 2021
Nursing home care providers have the sad distinction of accounting for a large proportion of healthcare workers’ COVID deaths, according to new 2020 data that was not tracked by the U.S. government....
One more reason to avoid virus: COVID, cardiac arrests spike together
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 09, 2021
Many major cities had unprecedented increases in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests when COVID-19 rates spiked, infectious disease experts have found. These heart attacks may be an early symptom or complication...