FDA panel recommends approval of Johnson & Johnson booster shot
Oct 15, 2021
The booster shot is recommended for anyone 18 years and older, to be given at least two months after the first dose.
Study: One-third of seniors think they have to pay for COVID-19 vaccine
By
Diane Eastabrook
Mar 12, 2021
One in three seniors thinks they have to pay for the COVID-19 vaccine. That is one of the surprising findings from a new survey conducted by healthcare consultant Avalere Health and healthy solutions company...
Capital Senior Living mulling COVID-19 vaccination as condition of employment
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 13, 2021
With more than 90% of its residents fully vaccinated, Capital Senior Living announced during a second-quarter earnings call on Thursday that it is considering a move to make COVID-19 vaccination a condition...
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,...
Pittsburgh-based IntegraCare has reached a 100% vaccination rate among staff members at its 13 senior living communities in three states.
New federal vaccination reporting rule may have implications for assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 12, 2021
A new federal requirement for skilled nursing facilities to report weekly COVID-19 vaccination data may have implications for assisted living providers as efforts to increase vaccination uptake ramp up.
U.S. to recommend booster shots for most Americans
Aug 17, 2021
The first boosters will be given to nursing home residents, healthcare workers and emergency workers. U.S. health officials are concerned as data from Israel continue to suggest that the Pfizer vaccine’s...
States don’t wait as fate of federal COVID vaccine mandates remains uncertain
By
Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 10, 2022
As employers wait to see whether the Supreme Court will issue stays against federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
Court says OSHA can enforce vaccinate-or-test mandate for large companies; opponents appeal to Supreme...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 20, 2021
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration can enforce its COVID-19 vaccinate-or-test mandate for employers with 100 or more workers, at least for now, after a three-judge...
U.S. begins targeted vaccine rollout against monkeypox
Jun 29, 2022
HHS is rapidly expanding access to hundreds of thousands of doses of the Jynneos vaccine.