Remdesivir offers some benefit for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Feb 01, 2022
No difference was seen for in-hospital mortality, but a need for initiation of mechanical ventilation was reduced with the addition of remdesivir to standard care.
Incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 similar for children, adults
Oct 15, 2021
“Children are not only capable of becoming infected, but are also capable of transmitting SARS-CoV-2,” write the authors of an accompanying editorial.
US wastewater tests spot highly mutated variant of COVID-19
Aug 24, 2023
Officials did not specify where the samples were from; most patients infected with new BA.2.86 variant have had mild symptoms.
Thanks, Mata Hari
By
Gary Tetz
Nov 01, 2014
You Mystery Shoppers have spoken: Assisted living communities do a bad job making a good first impression. If true, it’s definitely a problem, and I’d thank you for sharing if I knew your real...
Tech seen as main driver to patient optimism about hospital-at-home
By
Adam Healy
Jul 11, 2024
The implied comfort, convenience and effectiveness of hospital-at-home care makes it more appealing than an inpatient stay.
Argentum meeting to feature one big change
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 17, 2016
Recent attendees of the Argentum Senior Living Executive Conference will notice a big scheduling change at this year’s meeting, set for May 9 to 12 in Denver. President and CEO James Balda offers...
Lawmakers should force private equity firms out of nursing homes, advises one think tank
By
James M. Berklan
May 04, 2021
A “worrisome trend” of private equity investment in nursing homes should be scrutinized and halted altogether within five years, asserts a left-leaning think tank in an issue brief released Friday.
Geography, income affect life expectancy: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 11, 2016
Geography plays a big role in what is arguably the ultimate measure of health — longevity, especially among those with lower incomes, according to a new study published online by JAMA.
Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
A $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning includes $117 billion for Department of Health and Human Services operations. This sum allocates $4.1 billion for the administrative...
Antibody levels after COVID-19 vaccination inversely linked to body weight
May 23, 2022
An inverse correlation was sustained for up to six months following two doses of BNT162b2 (Pfizer–BioNTech) in a small cohort of healthy young and middle-aged adults.