In breakthrough, feds OK nursing home visits, group dining and activities; update infection control guidance
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2021
After nearly a year in lockdown, nursing home residents can participate in indoor visitation, communal dining and group activities — with exceptions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced...
FDA says it’s time to move away from mask reuse
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 13, 2021
Healthcare facilities should move away from decontaminating and reusing disposable masks now that U.S. respirator supply has recovered, the agency says.
CDC: COVID vaccines safe during pregnancy, allaying a top concern of nursing home workers
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 28, 2021
Pregnancy concerns are cited as one of the top reasons for vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers, but there were no obvious signs of third trimester adverse events among pregnant women who received...
Physicians warn of delayed skin reactions to COVID vaccine
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 08, 2021
Clinicians should be aware of injection-site reactions that may occur about a week after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine and which may be confused with skin infection, say physicians from Massachusetts...
AHCA/NCAL, 15 other groups pressure HHS to extend public health emergency
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 12, 2022
Sixteen national organizations were thinking of fall and the flu Tuesday when they asked HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra to extend the public health emergency related to COVID-19.