FDA authorizes Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all adults
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 19, 2021
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday amended the emergency use authorizations for both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines, authorizing use of a single booster dose for everyone...
Be ready as OSHA vows to ‘hold businesses accountable’ after Supreme Court halts COVID vaccine mandate
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Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2022
Breathing a sigh of relief after Thursday’s Supreme Court stay of a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers? Not so fast, legal experts say.
CDC committee recommends that everyone 50+ get a COVID-19 vaccine booster, says those 18+ may get one
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 19, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted Friday afternoon to open up COVID-19 booster vaccination to all adults age 18 and older...
List of companies requiring employee vaccination for COVID-19 growing
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Lois A. Bowers
Kimberly Marselas
Mar 29, 2021
As leaders in other industries begin dipping their toes in the COVID-19 vaccination mandate waters, the list of senior living providers that have that requirement is growing.
ACHCA joins in effort to ‘strongly urge’ COVID-19 vaccination in long-term care
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 03, 2021
The American College of Health Care Administrators said late Tuesday that it is joining several other long-term care and healthcare-related groups in an effort to “strongly urge the vaccination of all...
Sabra ‘completely committed’ to senior living, ‘actively reviewing’ $2 billion in deals
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 06, 2021
Sabra Health Care REIT President and CEO Rick Matros said Thursday that the real estate investment trust remains “completely committed to continuing to grow in senior housing,” despite its decision,...
Labor Department issues COVID vaccine requirement for companies with 100 or more employees
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 04, 2021
U.S. companies employing 100 or more workers must develop, implement and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, unless they adopt a policy requiring employees to choose to either be vaccinated...
Federal, state governments must ensure senior living access to Pfizer vaccine boosters, associations...
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 27, 2021
National industry associations are promising to continue to advocate that senior living providers be prioritized and assisted in COVID-19 vaccination efforts following Friday’s endorsement of boosters...
Big senior living stories of 2021
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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,...
Supreme Court will not hear challenge to healthcare worker vaccine mandate
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Lois A. Bowers
Oct 03, 2022
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a legal challenge to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers at nursing homes and other facilities...