Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 24, 2022
The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to hear, again, a challenge on religious grounds to Maine’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Without offering an explanation, the Court denied...
Long-term care, other business groups find exclusion from federal vaccine mandate process ‘disappointing’
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 30, 2021
As the Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration works to develop and issue a rule for a vaccine and testing mandate announced earlier this month by President Biden, some business...
Senior living must be prioritized in COVID-19 response, association says in plea to Biden administration
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 11, 2022
Calling it “unacceptable” that older adults “continue to be left behind for critically needed” COVID-19 support, Argentum on Monday called on the Biden administration to prioritize senior living...
Focus on briefs: Resident security
By
John Hall
Dec 03, 2023
Costs, along with changing attitudes, help fuel growth in deprescribing, Older Americans have access to more vaccines than ever, but increasing numbers cause concern for some individuals
Ongoing pandemic, emerging COVID-19 variants prompt more providers to mandate staff vaccination
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 29, 2021
Concern over the COVID-19 delta variant and pockets of outbreaks in communities has led two more senior living and care providers to join a growing list of those mandating COVID-19 vaccination as a condition...
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.
Moderna vaccine top for protection against COVID-19 hospitalization
Sep 21, 2021
Vaccine effectiveness was higher for the Moderna than for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine; both mRNA vaccines have higher effectiveness than Janssen (Johnson & Johnson).
Tips to help you manage COVID-19 vaccine communication online
By
Annie Haarmann
Jan 21, 2021
After a year of hardship, senior living communities have reason to hope for better days ahead: the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. As widely reported, long-term care providers are among the first to...
Washington issues COVID-19 vaccine mandate for long-term care workers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 11, 2021
Washington state joined a growing movement Monday in announcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for long-term care workers.
16-state coalition seeks to block CMS vax mandate
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 08, 2022
Attorneys general from 16 states asked a federal judge Friday to block the U.S. government from enforcing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ COVID-19 vaccine mandate in their respective states...