Staff vaccination helps COVID-19 cases, deaths recede in second quarter: analysis
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 03, 2021
Increasing vaccination rates among staff members and residents at many long-term care facilities led to a bit of a break from COVID-19 in June, according to Kaiser Family Foundation analysis released yesterday.
Jan. 4, Jan. 19 are commenting deadlines for OSHA COVID vaccination rule
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 04, 2022
Today is the last day to submit written comments on certain aspects of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s COVID-19 vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard, which requires...
Governors lose support in states without COVID vaccine mandates: Survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 19, 2021
As the Occupational Health and Safety Administration prepares to release its emergency temporary standard mandating COVID-19 vaccination for employers with 100 or more workers, some governors are resisting...
Staff COVID-19 vaccinations have risen 25 percentage points under CMS mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 18, 2022
COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing home staff jumped 25 percentage points nationally thanks in no small part to a CMS mandate imposed earlier this year.
State lawmakers take action on COVID-19-related liability, vaccination legislation
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 02, 2021
More COVID-19-related legislation is working its way through state legislat
New state rankings rate pandemic healthcare performance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2022
Health systems in Hawaii and Maine ranked the highest among the states as far as vaccination rates, capacity in hospital and intensive care units, and death rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, in new...