Health officials recommend spring COVID-19 booster for older adults
Feb 29, 2024
A second booster is appropriate as long as at least four months have passed since a person’s last COVID-19 shot.
Free COVID test orders to end on March 8
Mar 06, 2024
Americans will not be able to order free at-home COVID tests after Friday, US health officials announced Tuesday.
CDC shortens recommended COVID isolation period
Mar 01, 2024
New guidance issued Friday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to routinely stay home for five days.
California breaks with federal guidelines on COVID-19 isolation policies
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 23, 2024
In a break with federal guidelines, California has adopted new policies addressing COVID-19 isolation signaling a new phase of the pandemic.
Education, leadership keys to combating vaccine hesitancy in senior living, experts say
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2024
Increasing COVID-19, influenza and respiratory vaccination rates in older adults is going to require a village to battle vaccine reluctance in the form of misinformation, hesitancy and fatigue, according...
Vegetarian diet tied to lower COVID-19 incidence
Jan 12, 2024
No association was seen for COVID-19 severity or duration, however.
No sign latest COVID variant leads to worse symptoms
Jan 24, 2024
JN.1, the COVID variant sweeping the country this winter, is not prompting more severe disease than earlier variants did, early US government data suggest.
Insomnia found to be common among nonhospitalized COVID-19 survivors
Feb 13, 2024
The risk for insomnia was even higher for those with depression or anxiety.
Senior living providers should follow CDC’s new ‘unified’ recommendations for COVID, flu, RSV
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 04, 2024
Senior living providers should follow the updated respiratory virus isolation recommendations issued Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to provider advocacy organizations.