All nursing home staff in Massachusetts must get COVID-19 shots
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 05, 2021
The state is requiring staff and contract employees in all of its 378 facilities to receive a vaccination, Gov. Charlie Baker announced Wednesday.
FDA may grant Pfizer vaccine full approval by Labor Day: report
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 05, 2021
The nationwide rise in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible delta strain has spurred the agency move quickly, sources told The New York Times.
Post-acute provider launches comprehensive kidney disease program
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 05, 2021
Services and therapies will include diabetes management, a full-time respiratory therapist and health coaching with the aim to preserve remaining kidney function. Dialysis will be added as well.
Clinical briefs for Thursday, Aug. 5
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 05, 2021
Long-term care presents ‘unified coalition’ to prevent raid on Provider Relief Fund … Alzheimer’s patients wait as hospitals, insurers mull whether to offer Aduhelm … San Francisco OKs Pfizer,...
Seniors more fearful of falling after months of low physical activity
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 04, 2021
More than a quarter of older adults say they are in worse physical condition now than before the pandemic, and nearly half age 65 and older have become more afraid of falling, a new poll finds.
Osteoporosis a growing threat: more DXA scans needed, bone health expert says
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 04, 2021
Increased Medicare reimbursement for bone scans is a key part the solution to the growing health burden of osteoporosis in the United States, an expert in fracture prevention says.
Eli Lilly aims for dementia drug candidate’s approval in 2022; wants to ‘prioritize access’
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 04, 2021
The Alzheimer’s disease-modifying drug donanemab is on track to be considered for full FDA approval by 2022, its developer said.
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Aug. 4
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 04, 2021
Genesis HealthCare requires shots for all: Employees, care partners, onsite vendors must be vaccinated … More than half of U.S. outpatient antibiotics prescriptions not tied to visit or infection …...
Long-term care facility docs vs. aides: CDC study finds wide vaccination gulf
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 03, 2021
There is a 30% difference in COVID-19 vaccination coverage between LTC physicians and facility aides, CDC reports. And rates among aides are lowest in zip codes where vulnerability to poor health outcomes...
Feds approve Regeneron’s antibody therapy as COVID-19 preventive
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 03, 2021
REGEN-COV now can be used after exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus to prevent severe illness in people at high risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19.