Group defines long COVID in effort to unify healthcare entities, improve medical responses
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Kristen Fischer
Jun 12, 2024
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) has published a new report that better defines long COVID. The group put together the consensus document at the federal government’s...
Expect false positives: FDA letter to providers explains COVID antigen test results
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 05, 2020
The agency clarifies that rapid antigen tests, “like all diagnostic tests,” are subject to false positive results, especially in low prevalence settings. It offers recommendations for administering...
Factor in chills, lesser-known symptoms to better detect COVID-19, study shows
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 16, 2021
Factoring four overlooked COVID-19 symptoms into testing efforts significantly improves detection, investigators say.
Lungs heal well after acute COVID-19 — despite long recoveries: study
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Alicia Lasek
Nov 30, 2020
Comprehensive health assessments performed three months after recovery from COVID-19 are encouraging, investigators say.
APIC: Healthcare workers should be required to vaccinated against COVID-19
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 10, 2023
A coalition of organizations led by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (APIC) sent a letter Friday encouraging state leaders to require healthcare workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19....
CDC says hospital data will keep healthcare providers on top of COVID-19
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Alicia Lasek
May 11, 2023
As the public health emergency ends, new surveillance will help keep healthcare providers informed about disease trends and prepared for outbreaks, the agency says.
FDA: Evusheld may be less effective against latest COVID variants
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2022
Evusheld, a preventive COVID-19 antibody for high-risk patients, may lose efficacy in the face of newly emerging variants, the FDA has informed clinicians.
GAO panel details infection control measures to keep, discard in nursing homes
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Ron Rajecki
Mar 23, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic sharpened the focus on infection prevention and control efforts in nursing homes. Now, a panel convened by the Government Accountability Office has identified 14 infection prevention...
Nursing home residents with, without COVID-19 experienced cognitive decline during pandemic
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Donna Shryer
May 14, 2021
Quarantine measures associated with COVID-19 appear to affect cognitive performance in nursing home residents and older adults regardless of whether an actual SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis exists.
As senior care grapples with outbreaks, APIC urges states to strengthen vaccine outreach
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Liza Berger
Jul 19, 2021
A major infection control organization is calling on states to expand the dissemination of evidence-based COVID-19 vaccine information. This as various senior care organizations report new coronavirus...