‘A different phase’: End of COVID-19 vax rule for healthcare workers
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Alicia Lasek
May 02, 2023
A COVID-19 vaccination rule for healthcare workers that took full effect after a Supreme Court vote in early 2022 will soon be lifted, the Biden administration says.
Large EHR study confirms Paxlovid works best within 5-day time window
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 20, 2023
Protection against severe outcomes soared to 80% when the drug was dispensed within five days of symptom onset, compared with 54% efficacy outside that time frame, investigators found.
CDC: More nursing homes now can obtain, provide single-dose COVID vaccines
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 20, 2022
Nursing homes that are not already enrolled as full providers in the CDC’s COVID-19 Vaccination Program now can apply to provide shots directly to residents and staff.
Slow recovery from illness may reflect pandemic-related stress: study
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 07, 2022
The pandemic itself, including related stress, may be contributing to slow recoveries after COVID and non-COVID illnesses alike, investigators say.
Symptomless COVID infections found in almost half of US adults, CDC says
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 05, 2022
Approximately 44% of US adults were “possibly asymptomatically infected,” between August 2021 and May 2022, blood serum evidence shows.
With new CDC guidance, providers duck ‘up-to-date’ vaccination concerns
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Kimberly Marselas
Sep 27, 2022
While masking and screening of nursing home workers and visitors may no longer be required in areas with lower COVID-19 transmission rates, vaccination and testing efforts will be crucial if providers...
Study finds 57 percent of previously healthy COVID survivors have lasting cardiac issues
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 19, 2022
Cardiac symptoms may linger for at least a year in some patients who recover from mild cases of COVID-19, researchers have found.
Use of deauthorized COVID antibody treatments widespread in early 2022: study
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 01, 2022
Some U.S. clinicians continued to rely on two monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID after they were deauthorized by the FDA, researchers report.
States need to step up with nurse aide waiver clearer, providers say
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 31, 2022
The formal extension of a waiver program that relaxes certification requirements for some nurse aides was widely embraced by providers a day after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced...
‘Recession proof’ nursing homes may not see usual labor gains due to COVID
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Kimberly Marselas
Aug 29, 2022
While nursing homes have traditionally been better able to compete for and keep workers in an economic downturn, a possible recession coming on the heels of COVID-19 will test conventional wisdom.