Pandemic could be even worse for older workers’ retirement than the Great Recession: economists
By
Amy Novotney
Jun 25, 2020
In a new analysis for CNN, two economists predict that the COVID-19 will have an even more profound effect on the retirement savings of older American workers’ than the Great Recession did more than...
Seniors continue to struggle with vaccine access, some news reports indicate
By
Joe Jancsurak
Feb 24, 2021
Washington joins a growing number of states where seniors are expressing frustration over not being able to schedule vaccine appointments. As a result, pop-up clinics and mobile vaccine units in underserved...
Neutralization titers against omicron up with mRNA-1273 boost
Jan 28, 2022
After a mRNA-1273 (Moderna) boost, neutralization titers against the omicron variant were 20 times higher than than those at one month after second dose.
Post-COVID-19 brain health impaired versus healthy controls
Dec 28, 2023
However, brain health is comparable to that of patients hospitalized for other medical conditions of similar severity
Pandemic-related home health waivers likely to continue through 2021
By
Liza Berger
Jan 27, 2021
Good news for providers: The Public Health Emergency (PHE) is likely to last until the end of 2021, according to a Jan. 22 letter to governors from Norris Cochran, the acting secretary of the Department...
Labor Department excludes senior living from COVID-19 relief bill’s paid leave requirement
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 29, 2020
The Department of Labor released updated questions and answers regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act Saturday, and provided guidance categorizing senior living providers as “health care...
Cost-sharing waivers did not cover all COVID-19 hospital care in 2020
Oct 27, 2021
The researchers found that 71.2% of privately insured patients and 49.1% of Medicare Advantage patients had cost sharing for any hospitalization-related service, including those billed by clinicians.
CDC director overrules advisory panel, recommends COVID-19 boosters for healthcare workers as well as...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Sep 24, 2021
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday endorsed boosters of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for long-term care residents and others 65 and older, frontline workers...
COVID-19 outbreaks pose staffing challenges to nursing homes
Jul 27, 2022
The drop in nursing staffing levels remained statistically significant at 16 weeks after the start of the outbreak due to an increase in absences and departures.
COVID-19 vaccination does not negatively impact fertility
Aug 24, 2022
The findings were seen for women undergoing in vitro fertilization-fresh embryo transfer cycle.