Flu shot and a COVID jab? New 2021-2022 flu vaccine guidance points to both
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2021
Clinicians deciding whether to give flu and COVID-19 vaccine shots together can refer to the latest CDC guidance. It states that COVID-19 shots and other vaccinations may now be co-administered “without...
On-site clinics helped to boost vaccine uptake in assisted living, pharmacy partnership study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2021
Investigators estimated vaccine uptake in assisted living communities and other LTC facilities during the federal Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, which provided on-site vaccination clinics...
‘Never seen it this bad’: Nursing homes, other facilities have lost 380K workers since pandemic’s...
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Danielle Brown
Aug 27, 2021
Nursing homes shed another 1,500 jobs in the month of July, bringing the total for residential care facilities to approximately 380,000 since February 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to...
State pledges to pick up tab for crisis staffing at long-term care facilities
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Danielle Brown
Aug 27, 2021
The state of Oregon is sending long-term care facilities staffing help as they respond to a surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the delta variant.
A first: Researchers show inflammation is key driver of Alzheimer’s in living patients
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2021
Treatments targeting inflammation could help reverse or at least slow the accumulation of pathologic tau protein in the brain — benefitting people with early dementia, investigators say.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Aug. 27
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 27, 2021
Big name audio companies fill in while hearing aid reform lags: report … Second J&J shot ‘significantly’ increases COVID-19 antibodies, says firm, which heads toward approval process … AHCA releases...
CMS provides glimpse into potential vaccine mandate enforcement
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Danielle Brown
Aug 26, 2021
Providers who fail to quickly comply with a forthcoming federal staff vaccine mandate likely won’t be stripped immediately of their Medicare and Medicaid program eligibility, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
States would get more funding to expand long-term care workforce under new proposal
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Danielle Brown
Aug 26, 2021
States and long-term care providers would receive additional funding to hire and retain workers under a new measure proposed by Democratic lawmakers.
Second J&J shot ‘significantly’ increases COVID-19 antibodies; firm heads toward approval process
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Danielle Brown
Aug 26, 2021
A Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 booster could be made available to long-term care residents and healthcare providers, as well as the rest of the American public, after the company unveiled promising results...
COVID-19 hospitalization rates 30 times higher in the unvaccinated, CDC finds
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 26, 2021
Despite the known effectiveness of U.S.-sanctioned COVID-19 vaccines, some fully vaccinated individuals will still become infected. But their unvaccinated peers have five times the risk of infection and...