Biden administration could withhold funds from long-term care providers to encourage worker vaccination
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 09, 2021
Biden administration officials are considering withholding funds from long-term-care providers that they say aren’t doing enough to encourage employee vaccinations, according to unnamed sources quoted...
Ongoing pandemic, emerging COVID-19 variants prompt more providers to mandate staff vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2021
Concern over the COVID-19 delta variant and pockets of outbreaks in communities has led two more senior living and care providers to join a growing list of those mandating COVID-19 vaccination as a condition...
Oregon law may prevent operators from mandating COVID vaccines for some workers; Colorado mandates testing...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 27, 2021
Although national long-term care and healthcare groups are backing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination for workers, a 32-year-old law might prevent some operators in one state from moving forward on that front....
Biden says full approval for COVID-19 vaccines coming soon
Jul 22, 2021
President’s assurances came as the spread of the highly contagious delta variant fuels a rise in COVID-19 cases
U.S. Surgeon General issues call to counter ‘urgent threat’ of vaccine misinformation
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., on Thursday called on tech companies, healthcare workers, journalists and ordinary Americans to do more to fight vaccine misinformation.
Reporting COVID vaccination data to CMS would be ‘burdensome,’ ‘redundant’ for assisted living,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 14, 2021
Requiring assisted living providers to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data to the federal government would add administrative and cost burdens to operators already challenged by the pandemic and even...
Trinity Health mandates COVID-19 vaccine for employees, contractors
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 12, 2021
Trinity Health has joined the growing number of healthcare providers providers requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Taking it a step further, the national health system will...
Just 20 states reached Biden’s July 4 vaccination goal
Jul 06, 2021
Parts of the South, Southwest and Midwest starting to see surges, particularly Florida, with about 17% of all new cases reported there.
mRNA vaccines effectively prevent SARS-CoV-2 in adults in real-world setting
Jul 01, 2021
For those with SARS-CoV-2 infection, vaccinated participants had a lower mean viral load, risk of febrile symptoms and illness duration.
CDC, university COVID vaccine research gets boost from senior living volunteers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 16, 2021
Residents of a Florida life plan community are among those participating in a national study tracking the effects of COVID-19 vaccines over time in older adults in senior living communities.