CMS no longer requiring surveyors to be fully vaccinated in order to inspect facilities
By
Danielle Brown
Jun 17, 2022
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has rescinded guidance that says surveyors who are not fully vaccinated shouldn’t participate on the onsite survey team when inspecting certified providers.
Unvaccinated have highest SARS-CoV-2 incidence, hospitalization
Feb 02, 2022
COVID-19 incidence and hospitalization rates are consistently higher for unvaccinated persons, and lowest for those fully vaccinated with a booster, according to research published Monday by the CDC.
Feds give in: Now reviewing prospect of COVID-19 boosters for fully vaccinated people
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 15, 2021
U.S. health officials are now reviewing the possible need for a third COVID-19 for adults who have already completed the two-shot regimen after meeting with Pfizer officials earlier this week.
Vaccinated long-term care residents in the clear from COVID-19 — for now
By
Danielle Brown
Jul 12, 2021
Long-term care residents and staff fully vaccinated against COVID-19 don’t need booster shots anytime soon, according to federal health officials.
CDC: More than 10,000 contract COVID after vaccination
By
Alicia Lasek
May 26, 2021
New data offer a glimpse into how breakthrough infections may affect the health of U.S. adults who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Prescribing off-label COVID boosters may put providers at legal risk: report
By
Alicia Lasek
Sep 06, 2021
Clinicians who provide additional COVID-19 shots to fully vaccinated patients may be at risk for legal claims if they prescribe the doses outside of current federal guidelines, CDC says.
COVID-19 hospitalization rates 30 times higher in the unvaccinated, CDC finds
By
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...
CDC: Boosted nursing home residents 10 times less likely to be infected with COVID-19
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2021
The news, delivered by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, is a bit of cheer amidst other new evidence that COVID-19 cases are increasing among fully vaccinated long-term care residents.
CNAs remain least vaccinated, requiring ‘large-scale’ solution: study
By
Danielle Brown
Sep 17, 2021
Certified nursing assistants are the least likely among nursing home workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 even though they provide the bulk of direct care to residents, new research published...
FDA may grant Pfizer vaccine full approval by Labor Day: report
By
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.