Employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates significantly increase uptake with little effect on staffing: study
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 08, 2023
An employee mandate led to a “significant” increase in COVID-19 vaccine uptake with little effect on staffing in a multi-state network of continuing care retirement communities studied by researchers,...
Assisted living providers’ continued staffing challenges compromise infection control efforts: report
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 21, 2024
Assisted living communities in New Jersey continue to face significant staffing challenges that compromise infection control effectiveness, according to a recently released report from Montgomery McCracken...
Long COVID definitions, care models are evolving
May 20, 2024
Care models are informed by five key principles, including multidisciplinary expertise and a patient-centered approach.
Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to COVID-19 vaccine pioneers
Oct 02, 2023
The prize panel said that their discovery ‘fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with our immune system.’
‘Profound’ financial, workforce challenges persist for senior living providers as 2024 begins
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2024
Senior living operators will continue to face inflationary pressures and capital market challenges in 2024, but some effects may lessen before the year is out, according to senior living industry experts....
Biden looks to boost supply chain for vaccines and other medicines
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2023
President Biden on Monday said he plans to use the Defense Production Act to make more “essential medicines” in America in an effort to mitigate drug shortages and curb inflation.
Bivalent COVID-19 shot effective for preventing thromboembolic events
Jan 11, 2024
The findings were seen for adults aged 65 years and older and for those aged 18 years and older with end-stage renal disease.
Simnotrelvir shortens time to resolution of symptoms in COVID-19
Jan 18, 2024
On day 5, the decrease in viral load from baseline was greater in the simnotrelvir group versus the placebo group.
One in seven drug supply chain issue reports tied to drug shortages
Apr 10, 2024
Supply disruptions increased for drugs with and without reports at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Differences seen in immune, hormone function for those with long COVID
Sep 29, 2023
Differences were identified in circulating myeloid and lymphocyte populations, as well as exaggerated humoral responses against SARS-CoV-2.