The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is withdrawing the COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing emergency temporary standard it originally announced in November, the Labor Department agency said...
New Jersey requires senior living workers to be vaccinated, boosted; providers fear devil of a time
By
Ron Rajecki
Jan 21, 2022
New Jersey senior living providers are concerned that a new executive order requiring full COVID-19 vaccination and booster shots of healthcare workers at assisted living communities, nursing homes and...
COVID cases rise among nursing home staff, NIC says; AMDA releases new guidance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 19, 2022
Weekly COVID-19 cases among skilled nursing home staff members and residents set new records earlier this month, according to the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care.
Be ready as OSHA vows to ‘hold businesses accountable’ after Supreme Court halts COVID vaccine mandate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2022
Breathing a sigh of relief after Thursday’s Supreme Court stay of a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers? Not so fast, legal experts say.
After Supreme Court stay on COVID vaccination mandate, senior living industry touts own inoculation efforts
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 14, 2022
In the wake of Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reinstated a stay against the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination-and-testing mandate for employers with 100...
States don’t wait as fate of federal COVID vaccine mandates remains uncertain
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
As employers wait to see whether the Supreme Court will issue stays against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
FDA shortens time to booster after Moderna vaccine to five months
Jan 07, 2022
A similar time window for boosters is already in place for people who received the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine.
Supreme Court hears arguments on Biden’s vaccine mandate for big business
Jan 07, 2022
The court also was hearing arguments on separate vaccine mandate for most heathcare workers.
Serious adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines reported rarely
Jan 05, 2022
Full vaccination dose, younger age, female sex and previously having had COVID-19 were linked to greater odds of adverse effects.
mRNA COVID-19 vaccine less protective in elderly with comorbidity
Dec 23, 2021
At ≥7 days after the second dose, the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was 69% against infection and 86% against related death.