FDA asks for better booster shots as U.S. plans its fall COVID vaccine strategy
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 05, 2022
Updated booster shots must fight new variants that weren’t in play when the original COVID-19 vaccines were made, the FDA has told drugmakers.
Feds stockpile more bebtelovimab for use in high-risk COVID patients
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 05, 2022
A new order of the injectable COVID antibody bebtelovimab should meet current demand levels through August, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
Coronavirus vaccines safeguard people with obesity, but less so in the underweight: study
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 05, 2022
Underweight people may have less vaccine-derived immunity due to frailty or immunosuppression, investigators theorize.
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, July 5
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 05, 2022
Providers: Fix would speed immigrant nurse validation by months … Long COVID more common in women, adults aged 50 to 60 years, study finds … Late-stage MS drug trial put on hold to examine cases...
New employee interviews, deeper dive into PBJ data could lead to more survey citations
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
Nursing home operators should be on high alert about the questions surveyors will ask employees about sufficient staffing after heavy emphasis was placed on the matter in updated guidance released this...
Providers: Fix would speed immigrant nurse validation by months
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Danielle Brown
Jul 01, 2022
A long-term care coalition is calling on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to address an ongoing issue at its Texas premium processing unit that’s causing “significant delays” in tapping...
Clinicians have a wealth of drug options for tackling seniors’ spine pain, review finds
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 01, 2022
Investigators examined the evidence for a wide range of potential drug therapies for pain and have published detailed recommendations.
COVID-19 patients face higher risk of neurodegenerative disorders: study
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 01, 2022
People who test positive for COVID-19 are at an increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and ischemic stroke, a large new study finds.
How to better diagnose cognitive health? Up size and variety of drawing tasks, study shows
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 01, 2022
Clinicians can more accurately classify a patient’s cognitive health status by increasing the number and variety of diagnostic drawing tasks, investigators report.
Clinical briefs for Friday, July 1
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 01, 2022
Extended! McKnight’s Tech Awards nominations now due by July 7 … Omnicare appoints new president to lead long-term care business … U.S. Supreme Court nixes religious challenge brought by healthcare...