As FDA panel endorses Pfizer vaccine, CVS Health says it’s ready to administer doses in nursing...
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Danielle Brown
Dec 11, 2020
CVS Health’s top executive is confident that the company will be administering coronavirus vaccines in “thousands” of long-term care facilities before the Christmas holiday pending federal approval.
FDA panel endorses emergency use authorization for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
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Danielle Brown
Dec 10, 2020
Nursing home residents and workers may be just days away from getting the initial doses of the first COVID-19 vaccine, after a federal advisory panel approved its emergency use Thursday.
Parkinson: Vaccinate all long-term care by March and slash coronavirus mortality 40 percent
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 08, 2020
A one-month delay “could result in more than 20,000 of our residents losing their lives when a vaccine could have saved them,” AHCA / NCAL leader Mark Parkinson said Monday.
Genesis reportedly won’t mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for workers
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Danielle Brown
Dec 07, 2020
The largest nursing home operator in the United States plans to ensure all workers have access to COVID-19 vaccines at its facilities, but it will not require them to take them, according to a recent report...
Sole dissenter against vaccine recommendation for LTC residents cites lack of data as reason for vote
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Danielle Brown
Dec 07, 2020
The lack of efficacy data in long-term care residents and older adults in COVID-19 vaccine studies was the key reason why a member of a federal advisory panel voted against a recommendation to prioritize...
UK green lights Pfizer vaccine, which should reassure Americans, feds say
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 03, 2020
“I hope this will be more evidence for the American population that the data with these vaccines are clear, are transparent and demonstrate that they are effective and safe for use in the general population,”...
‘An important step in the right direction’: CDC panel votes LTC residents, workers to the head of...
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Danielle Brown
Dec 02, 2020
A federal advisory panel’s overwhelming vote to give long-term care residents and healthcare workers first access to COVID-19 vaccines is an “important step in the right direction,” industry stakeholders...
BREAKING: CDC panel formally gives LTC residents, workers top priority for COVID-19 vaccine
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Danielle Brown
Dec 01, 2020
The immunization advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention overwhelmingly affirmed on Tuesday that long-term care residents and healthcare workers will be given first access to...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 1
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 01, 2020
Moderna requests FDA approval of 94% effective COVID-19 vaccine … Rising death toll from pandemic claims 100,000+ long-term care residents, staff … Clinical tool captures changes in dementia patients’...
Nursing home residents could start receiving COVID vaccines in about 2 weeks
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Danielle Brown
Nov 25, 2020
Nursing home residents could be just a little more than two weeks away from receiving the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to federal health officials.