Feds’ grassroots vaccination campaign includes physicians as trusted voices
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 02, 2021
Vice President Kamala Harris met Thursday with 275 founding members of the Biden administration’s Community Corps, a group charged with encouraging Americans to get vaccinated. The initiative is...
Engaging CNAs in COVID vaccination: 4 points to consider
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 09, 2021
“Providing CNAs with information, resources, support, and opportunity will not only serve to improve vaccine receptivity, but may also have downstream benefits,” say geriatric nursing experts from...
Mix-and-match booster shots a plus for long-term care, AHCA/NCAL’s chief doc says
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 25, 2021
Adding the Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines to the mix will “catapult” efforts to increase COVID-19 booster access for residents and staff, David Gifford, M.D., says.
Long-term care staff warm up to vaccine with 94 percent increase in willingness
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 24, 2021
The latest surveys show a major shift in LTC staff members’ willingness to receive a coronavirus shot, and that healthcare workers are the most trusted source of vaccine information nationally.
New CDC vaccine access info covers COVID booster shots, ‘safety net’ support
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 23, 2021
With assurances to provide help as needed, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention is sharing vaccine access information ahead of the federal COVID-19 vaccine booster shot approvals expected to come...
Tracing cases: How one bar gathering led to a nursing home resident’s COVID hospitalization
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 07, 2021
A new report on contact tracing in rural Illinois illustrates how a single community gathering can lead directly to infections in a skilled nursing facility, and the challenges associated with reopening...
LTC clinicians cheer pandemic milestone: Federal approval of first COVID-19 vaccine
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 24, 2021
Long-term care clinicians are embracing the FDA’s first full approval of a COVID-19 vaccine, saying the decision will support their efforts to increase vaccination coverage and reduce infections and...
Show us the data: COVID vaccine boosters may get go-ahead, but LTC docs remain wary
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Alicia Lasek
Danielle Brown
Aug 09, 2021
Booster shots for the most vulnerable appear to be on a fast track to federal authorization. But clinicians want information about necessity, safety, dosing and more to justify prescribing an extra dose...
Treating rare blood clots related to J&J COVID vaccine following usage suspension: new guidance
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2021
Advisers to the CDC have released new clinical guidance and education regarding a rare blood clotting condition reported after vaccination.
Healthcare workers less hesitant to receive COVID-19 vaccination, survey finds
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 17, 2021
Fewer healthcare workers say they’ll refuse a COVID-19 shot now than they did in December, investigators have found. And hesitant respondents explained what might change their minds.