Vaccines effective in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in healthcare workers
Sep 27, 2021
Effectiveness was similar regardless of age (
Federal, state governments must ensure senior living access to Pfizer vaccine boosters, associations...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2021
National industry associations are promising to continue to advocate that senior living providers be prioritized and assisted in COVID-19 vaccination efforts following Friday’s endorsement of boosters...
Rural COVID-19 vaccination campaign seeks help from home health agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 27, 2021
The National Rural Health Association is calling on home healthcare agencies to help it mitigate COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural America.
In-home booster preparations underway at some home care agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 24, 2021
Even before another federal agency’s panel approved booster shots for seniors, the wheels were in motion at some home care companies to get COVID-19 boosters into the arms of their clients.
CDC panel recommends COVID-19 boosters for older adults but not healthcare workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
A vaccine advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously Thursday to recommend booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adults aged 65 or more years...
Senior living providers plan COVID-19 booster clinics in advance of federal recommendations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 23, 2021
As the senior living industry awaits today’s scheduled vote by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices on how to implement COVID-19 booster...
CDC expert panel to weigh in on vaccine boosters
Sep 22, 2021
The panel will deliberate which high-risk groups should get a booster shot.
FDA approval of COVID-19 vaccine not enough to convince hesitant caregivers to roll up their sleeves
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration’s full approval of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has done little to instill confidence in vaccine safety and effectiveness for unvaccinated caregivers, according...
COVID-19 has killed more Americans than the Spanish flu did in 1918
Sep 21, 2021
This happened despite vast gains in scientific knowledge during the past century.
FDA panel singles out healthcare workers for possible boosters
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 20, 2021
Healthcare workers could be in line to get boosters of the COVID-19 vaccine if the Food and Drug Administration follows the recommendation of an FDA advisory pan