COVID-19 certification mandates may increase vaccine uptake
Dec 22, 2021
Country-specific information, such as prior vaccination uptake and vaccine hesitancy, may influence the effect of COVID-19 certification mandates.
‘Now is the time’ for COVID-19 vaccinations, boosters, senior living and care experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 22, 2021
With the omicron COVID-19 variant at 73% of coronavirus cases and rising, the country is within three weeks of a surge that potentially could overwhelm the healthcare system. That’s why “now is the...
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
Moderna says its booster protects well against omicron
Dec 20, 2021
Experts agree that booster shots are the best defense against the omicron variant of COVID-19.
Immune response may vary with choice of COVID-19 booster
Dec 16, 2021
All seven vaccines tested boosted immunity following two doses of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19; six of seven did so following two doses of BNT162b2.
Older adults account for most breakthrough COVID-19 hospitalizations
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 16, 2021
Breakthrough COVID-19 hospitalizations of fully vaccinated individuals most often affect older adults and those with chronic health conditions, according to a new analysis of hospital data by the Kaiser...
CDC: Only half of U.S. nursing home residents have received boosters
Dec 14, 2021
By the end of October, only about a quarter of fully vaccinated nursing home residents had received a booster.
Omicron resists Pfizer vaccine but causes less severe disease
Dec 14, 2021
The risk for hospital admission among adults with COVID-19 was 29% lower than in the first pandemic wave, which began in March 2020.
Less than half of over 65s received booster from Aug. 13 to Nov. 19
Dec 14, 2021
44.1% of 42.5 million eligible people aged 65 years or older received a booster or additional primary dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
No increase seen in CV events in elderly after BNT162b2 vaccination
Dec 10, 2021
No increase was seen in the incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke or pulmonary embolism among those aged 75 years or older in France.