Discard portable bed rails linked to long-term care deaths, CPSC warns
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 06, 2022
The Consumer Products Safety Commission is warning against the use of Mobility Transfer Systems adult portable bed rails, which are tied to the deaths of three people.
Paxlovid keeping hospitalizations, deaths low as COVID-19 infections rise, White House official says
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 19, 2022
Clinicians are writing 20,000 prescriptions for Paxlovid each day, helping to keep severe outcomes in check, the COVID-19 Response Coordinator said Wednesday.
Researchers: Post-acute deaths rose among Medicare enrollees without COVID-19 during pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 11, 2022
Mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries with non-COVID-19-related illness increased both in the hospital and at 30 days post-discharge during the pandemic, a large new study has found.
Mortality rate spiked for LTCF residents with dementia during pandemic: study
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 01, 2022
Residents with dementia had a 33% higher rate of death in 2020 vs. pre-pandemic 2019. Healthcare disruption — rather than COVID-19 illness alone — may be the direct cause of this disparity, the study...
Diabetes deaths reach 100,000 second year in a row, sparking calls for federal action
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 01, 2022
The news is cause for alarm, experts say. A congressional commission is calling for broad federal policy changes to tackle the swiftly growing problem.
HHS: Vaccines linked to 5,600 fewer coronavirus deaths among nursing home residents
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 06, 2021
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has resulted in hundreds of thousands of saved lives and fewer hospitalizations among Medicare beneficiaries overall, according to new data from January through May.
Diabetes and obesity drugs reduce COVID-19 complications, analysis shows
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 28, 2021
Diabetes type 2 is linked to severe COVID-19 illness, but a type of drug used to improve glycemic control and weight loss may also reduce complications from the viral disease, a new study finds.
Death toll rises as nursing home operator faces 7 closures, legal scrutiny over hurricane evacuation
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 07, 2021
Seven nursing home residents have now died after being shipped to a warehouse in advance of Hurricane Ida, and Louisiana officials have ordered the temporary closure of the seven nursing homes where they...
Physicians propose new way to manage a COVID outbreak in long-term care settings
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 15, 2021
A 200-bed nursing home in Chicago was the recipient of an enhanced clinical management approach that contributed to relatively low mortality rates during an outbreak among high-risk residents, the doctors...
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....