Moderna CEO says fourth COVID-19 dose may be needed next fall
Jan 07, 2022
Governments, including the United Kingdom and South Korea, already are ordering the doses in preparation.
CDC draws fine line between staying ‘up to date’ on COVID-19 vaccinations, fully vaccinated status
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 07, 2022
Being “up to date” on COVID-19 vaccinations means getting a booster shot, according to updated recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But public health officials stopped...
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...
mRNA COVID-19 vaccine less protective in elderly with comorbidity
Dec 23, 2021
At ≥7 days after the second dose, the effectiveness of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was 69% against infection and 86% against related death.
COVID-19 certification mandates may increase vaccine uptake
Dec 22, 2021
Country-specific information, such as prior vaccination uptake and vaccine hesitancy, may influence the effect of COVID-19 certification mandates.
The gift of senior living
By
Shelley Esden
Dec 22, 2021
This holiday season, there are few gifts more loving than the safety and security afforded by senior living.
Big senior living stories of 2021
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2021
2021 began with the hope that the new COVID-19 vaccine being rolled out to assisted living communities and nursing homes would help control a pandemic that had caused so much illness, death, loneliness,...
Immune response may vary with choice of COVID-19 booster
Dec 16, 2021
All seven vaccines tested boosted immunity following two doses of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19; six of seven did so following two doses of BNT162b2.
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...
Safe holiday celebrations start with COVID-19 vaccination, boosters: expert
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 14, 2021
With the threat of increasing COVID-19 cases due to variants coming amid the backdrop of holiday gatherings, one long-term care medical expert is urging people to roll up their sleeves to protect older...