Asthma inhalers tied to large greenhouse gas emissions production
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Haymarket Media
Sep 04, 2024
Metered-dose inhalers were responsible for almost all inhaler-related emissions.
Pulmonologist intervention beneficial for undiagnosed asthma, COPD
May 21, 2024
Those receiving pulmonologist-directed treatment have less subsequent healthcare utilization for respiratory illness.
Tezepelumab reduces mucus plugs in adults with uncontrolled asthma
Sep 29, 2023
The reduction in mucus plug scores correlates with improvements in lung function and reductions in inflammatory markers.
Asthma exacerbations up after relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions
Nov 28, 2022
The relaxation of restrictions coincided with an increasing incidence of COVID-19, non-COVID-19 ARI and severe asthma exacerbations.
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...
Five Star residents to receive home care via new collaboration
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 20, 2021
Newton, MA-based Five Star Senior Living will bring on-demand, acute medical care directly to its independent living, assisted living and memory care community residents through a new collaboration with...
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
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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...
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...