Normally, my family spends Labor Day weekend at a rustic cabin in the wooded foothills of Western Maryland, nestled just between the Pennsylvania and West Virginia borders. There’s no TV, spotty (if...
COVID vaccine protection drops by 80 percent in 6 months among nursing home residents: study
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 03, 2021
Vaccinated staff members had a similar six-month decrease in immunity levels, investigators say. The data may support recommendations for vaccine booster shots, they contend.
J&J vaccine effective against COVID Delta variant, drugmaker says
By
Alicia Lasek
Jul 06, 2021
Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine prompts a “strong neutralizing antibody response” that lasts at least eight months, the drugmaker has announced.
Pfizer begins testing pneumonia vaccine with a COVID booster in seniors
By
Alicia Lasek
May 25, 2021
Trial participants — all aged 65 years and older — will be followed for six months to assess the safety of administering the two shots together and to track each vaccine’s effect on immunity,...
Judge rules COVID-related suit against provider can advance, despite state’s immunity order
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 14, 2021
A federal judge has decided that a coronavirus-based lawsuit can move forward against an Illinois nursing home, despite the state’s immunity law.
Providers pushing back against effort that would make nursing homes liable for COVID-19 failures
By
Danielle Brown
Apr 06, 2021
Long-term care providers are trying to thwart an effort by Connecticut lawmakers that would allow lawsuits to be filed against nursing homes that failed to comply with state and federal COVID-19 guidance...
Lawsuit challenges nursing home liability protections for non-COVID death
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jan 27, 2021
Survivors of a former North Carolina nursing home resident are suing the facility where she died in what could be a litmus test for the patchwork of liability protections granted to healthcare providers...
NY limits scope of nursing home liability protections
By
Danielle Brown
Aug 05, 2020
The state of New York has amended a law that protected nursing homes from being held liable in most coronavirus-related lawsuits.
COVID-19 roundup: Ventilator use questioned, staff immunity testing, meds shortages and more…
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 08, 2020
Ventilation may be harmful for certain COVID-19 patients, say some critical care doctors. Plus: immunity testing may help staff return to work.
Dishing the dirt on Alzheimer’s
By
John O'Connor
Sep 16, 2013
We now share the planet with six billion of our fellow Earthlings. And we’re spread across roughly 200 nations. Those of us near the top, however, are paying a price late in life.