Weekly, at-home COVID-19 testing would stem pandemic, study finds
By
Joe Jancsurak
Mar 15, 2021
Without any at-home COVID-19 testing, 11.6 million infections and 119,000 related deaths would occur or a 60-day period, with $10.1 billion in overall costs (inpatient and lost-productivity costs combined)....
What the Olympics can teach us about beating COVID-19
By
Liza Berger
Jul 23, 2021
. As infections and hospitalizations rise around the country and vaccine hesitancy lingers, we have to ask ourselves: Are we being the best we can be?
Home care associations target workers’ COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
By
Liza Berger
Jan 26, 2021
As the pandemic continues to inflict damage on staffing levels, the home care and home health field is turning to the topic of vaccine hesitancy among workers.
ArchCare aiming to become first PACE program mandating vaccinations
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 09, 2021
ArchCare, which operates three PACE centers in the New York City metro area, is mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for all 5,000 of its employees
FDA panel approves COVID-19 boosters for those 65 and older
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 17, 2021
A Food and Drug Administration panel Friday unanimously approved booster shots of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 65 and anyone over 16 who is at high risk of developing a severe...
AHA to all healthcare professionals: Get vaccinated against COVID-19
By
Diane Eastabrook
Jul 23, 2021
The American Hospital Association is urging its members and all healthcare professionals to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.
Johns Hopkins doc: COVID-19 to remain public health threat for at least three more months
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 01, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic will continue to be a public health threat for at least three months, according to the chair of Johns Hopkins University’s Emergency Medical Department.
FDA panel singles out healthcare workers for possible boosters
By
Diane Eastabrook
Sep 20, 2021
Healthcare workers could be in line to get boosters of the COVID-19 vaccine if the Food and Drug Administration follows the recommendation of an FDA advisory pan
Home healthcare industry already prepared for COVID-19 booster
By
Diane Eastabrook
Aug 19, 2021
Some home healthcare providers already had the ball rolling on preparations for COVID-19 booster vaccinations — even before the Biden administration announced Wednesday afternoon they would be offered.
Three-quarters of home care workers not yet vaccinated, new industry survey finds
By
Diane Eastabrook
Apr 07, 2021
Roughly 23% of home care workers surveyed in March said they had received a COVID-19 vaccination.