Incidence rates of SARS-CoV-2 similar for children, adults
Oct 15, 2021
“Children are not only capable of becoming infected, but are also capable of transmitting SARS-CoV-2,” write the authors of an accompanying editorial.
COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private sector moves closer to reality
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 15, 2021
A COVID-19 vaccine mandate forecast to affect more than 80 million workers in private-sector businesses is inching closer to reality after the Labor Department submitted its initial text of an emergency...
Convalescent plasma unlikely to improve outcomes in severe COVID-19
Oct 14, 2021
The likelihood of improvement in organ support-free days is low in critically ill adults with COVID-19 receiving convalescent plasma.
Few COVID-displaced direct care workers return: study
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 14, 2021
Approximlately 4% of direct care workers were displaced during the second quarter of 2020. A year later, few had returned to direct care, according to a new study by PHI and the Health Workforce Research...
FDA questions strength of Johnson & Johnson booster shot data
Oct 13, 2021
The agency says a key test used by the company to measure immune response from booster shot six months after the original shot was likely not sensitive enough.
COVID-19 infection risk drops with increasing immunity within family
Oct 13, 2021
Risk for COVID-19 infection progressively lower for nonimmune family members as number of family members with immunity increases
Assisted living providers could be federal audit targets over use of Provider Relief Fund dollars
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 13, 2021
Assisted living providers have benefited from CARES Act Provider Relief Fund monies over the past year to help them with pandemic-related expenses, but the federal government is “salivating” over the...
Protection against SARS-CoV-2 wanes months after BNT162b2 vaccination
Oct 08, 2021
Declines were seen in humoral responses and effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection within several months after the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, also known as Comirnaty.
Prepare for ‘vigorous respiratory virus’ season, public health experts warn
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 08, 2021
Relaxed COVID-19 mitigation measures, travel and a lack of protective immunity against last season’s influenza virus could mean a potentially “vigorous respiratory virus season,” according to public...
State vaccine mandates continue to vex home care agencies
By
Diane Eastabrook
Oct 07, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine mandates in two states are giving home care agencies massive headaches.