Progress: Nearly 25% of first-round long-term care vaccine doses now administered
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 14, 2021
Coronavirus vaccinations at long-term care facilities have risen by more than two-thirds since last week, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Feds demand states expand COVID-19 vaccine administration to more seniors
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 13, 2021
More seniors will be able to start getting their first COVID-19 vaccinations after top federal health officials ordered states to expand their priority groups for doses this week.
First vaccine doses nearly complete in long-term care; Expand program to all seniors, feds say
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 13, 2021
With almost one million first COVID-19 inoculations completed in U.S. long-term care facilities, federal officials say they will ask the states to begin vaccinating all U.S. seniors and vulnerable younger...
‘Significant ramp-up’ of vaccinations coming for long-term care; AHCA happy with process
By
Danielle Brown
Jan 07, 2021
Vaccination efforts in long-term care facilities are expected to accelerate noticeably in the coming days and weeks, the nation’s top federal health official asserted Wednesday.
BREAKING: Nursing homes gain another $1.1B in federal relief funding
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 16, 2020
The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday announced that nursing homes will receive another $1.1 billion in COVID-19 relief funding.
First doses of federally approved COVID-19 vaccine en route to nursing homes
By
Danielle Brown
Dec 14, 2020
Nursing home residents and workers may start receiving the first doses of Pfizer-BionNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine as early as today after the vaccine gained key federal approvals over the weekend.
UK green lights Pfizer vaccine, which should reassure Americans, feds say
By
Alicia Lasek
Dec 03, 2020
“I hope this will be more evidence for the American population that the data with these vaccines are clear, are transparent and demonstrate that they are effective and safe for use in the general population,”...
HHS chief: Nursing homes could begin receiving COVID-19 vaccines by mid-December
By
Alicia Lasek
Nov 25, 2020
The rollout could begin 24 hours after Pfizer’s drug is vetted on Dec. 10, HHS Secretary Alex Azar said Tuesday. CVS Health expects to bring the shots to nursing homes within 48 hours of FDA authorization,...
Nursing home residents could start receiving COVID vaccines in about 2 weeks
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 25, 2020
Nursing home residents could be just a little more than two weeks away from receiving the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to federal health officials.
99% of SNFs have signed up for federal coronavirus vaccine program
By
Danielle Brown
Nov 19, 2020
Nearly all of the nation’s more than 15,000 nursing homes have opted into the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution program that would provide the medication to long-term care facilities...