Pulmonologist intervention beneficial for undiagnosed asthma, COPD
May 21, 2024
Those receiving pulmonologist-directed treatment have less subsequent healthcare utilization for respiratory illness.
Expanded use of Xolair to treat food allergies approved by the FDA
Feb 17, 2024
Xolair is not meant to substitute for emergency anaphylaxis medications such as the EpiPen.
Environmental Protection Agency finalizes stronger air quality standards
Feb 09, 2024
The agency estimates that the new standard will prevent up to 4,500 premature deaths in the first year of full enforcement.
Five Star, DispatchHealth launch clinical collaboration for senior living residents
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 20, 2021
Five Star Senior Living independent living, assisted living and memory care residents will receive on-demand acute care via the operator’s collaboration with DispatchHealth, a provider of in-home medical...
Less than 1 percent of COVID-19 patients experience reinfection
Jun 28, 2021
Symptoms of severe disease are less frequent with reinfection, although death can occur.
COVID-19 vaccine priority populations vary by state, city: reports
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 11, 2020
With the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory board recommending approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use authorization on Thursday, two data analyses outline which...
As COVID-19 lawsuits begin, operators can take steps to reduce their litigation risk
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 12, 2020
As COVID-19-related lawsuits are being filed against senior living operators, operators can take practical steps to reduce their litigation risk in the wake of the pandemic, according to an attorney who...
Operators, workers should be protected from COVID-19 lawsuits, association says
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 13, 2020
Assisted living communities and skilled nursing facilities, and the people who work for them, should be “protected from liability” for treating anyone with COVID-19 during the current pandemic, the...
Frontline workers must be priority for COVID-19 resources, groups say; Juniper to test all residents,...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Apr 03, 2020
The safety and well-being of frontline workers in senior living and skilled nursing must be prioritized in order to ensure that older adults receive the care they need and that the spread of COVID-19 is...
19% of older adults don’t plan to get flu vaccine: study
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 09, 2019
Nineteen percent of people aged 60 or more years do not plan to get vaccinated against influenza this year, according to a new AmeriSpeak Spotlight on Health survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.