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.
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...
Voting mostly along party lines, the Senate voted Tuesday to nullify the Biden administration’s vaccinate-or-test mandate for companies with 100 or more employees.
200 million Americans are now fully vaccinated as COVID-19 cases spike
Dec 09, 2021
White House officials noted that 12.5 million shots were given last week, the highest weekly total since May.
Flu season ramping up with variant identified as dangerous to older adults: CDC
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 03, 2021
This year’s flu season is gaining traction with a strain that is especially dangerous for older adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
President Biden asks businesses to voluntarily proceed with vaccinate-or-test requirements
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 03, 2021
President Joe Biden detailed plans Thursday for combating COVID-19 this winter, particularly in light of the emerging omicron variant.
As COVID-19 vaccine mandate challenges play out, assisted living providers are stuck in ‘doughnut hole’...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 02, 2021
A federal COVID-19 vaccine-or-test mandate was hit with another lawsuit Monday, which challenged the government’s authority to issue such a mandate and called the mandate a “gross abuse” of government...