After receiving COVID-19 shots, many NY healthcare workers doubted boosters, study shows
By
Kristen Fischer
Apr 17, 2024
Healthcare workers at a New York health system likely aren’t exactly lining up to get the latest COVID-19 boosters. According to a survey of healthcare workers at HCP between 2021 and 2022, 17% were...
CDC urges more people to receive flu, RSV and COVID-19 vaccines
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Kristen Fischer
Dec 18, 2023
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an urgent alert late last week saying there’s an urgent need to increase vaccination rates.
Study: COVID-19 vaccine tied to longer survival in heart failure patients
By
Donna Shryer
May 12, 2024
Current clinical focus on understanding and unlocking every drug’s full potential has researchers looking at what the COVID-19 vaccine can do — beyond staving off or lessening severity of the virus....
Moving the needle in nursing home vaccination rates
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Michael Wasserman
Leslie Eber
Feb 14, 2024
On February 29, 2020, the first Coronavirus nursing home outbreak was reported by the media. Experts in geriatric and long-term care medicine immediately understood the dangers to nursing home residents....
COVID-19, flu shots at same time safe and effective, study says
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Kristen Fischer
Sep 11, 2023
A new study looked at how healthcare workers fared after having a COVID-19 vaccine, a flu shot or both. It found that taking both wasn’t linked to a lower immune response or to more frequent adverse...