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.
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.
Nation’s largest nurses union takes aim at CDC over new mask guidance
By
Diane Eastabrook
May 18, 2021
National Nurses United (NNU) slammed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on its new COVID-19 guidance.
FDA approves updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
Oct 04, 2023
The updated shot is expected to better target variants that are circulating now and help prevent hospitalization and death from the virus.
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.
‘Stealth’ version of omicron variant no cause for alarm, experts say
Jan 31, 2022
The new version of the variant does not appear to cause more severe disease, and vaccines are effective against it.
Senior living seeks some of $23 billion remaining in CARES Act funding to help cover COVID costs
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 05, 2021
Two senators estimate that approximately $23 billion remains in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Provider Relief Fund and maintain that “a proportional allocation of funds...
Help home care workers receive their shots
By
Liza Berger
Apr 09, 2021
If we want to prevent future illness of patients and staff and defeat the virus, we need to make it possible for home care workers to have access to this potentially lifesaving treatment.