CDC: Two booster shots cut severe COVID risk in nursing home residents by 74 percent
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 03, 2022
Nursing home residents who received a second mRNA booster shot during omicron were much less likely to suffer severe COVID-19 outcomes than their peers who received only one dose, a new study shows.
CDC director calls for agency’s overhaul, citing pandemic performance
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Alicia Lasek
Aug 17, 2022
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reorganize, with a new, action-oriented culture that better serves public health, Director Rochelle Walensky told her staff Wednesday.
CDC revises public indoor mask guidance; no changes yet for healthcare settings
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Alicia Lasek
Feb 28, 2022
Fewer Americans are currently advised to wear masks under a new risk assessment that relies on local hospital capacity and cases rather than COVID-19 transmission rates. LeadingAge is calling on the CDC...
CMS, CDC officials: Increase in falls, pressure injuries demands renewed safety focus
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Danielle Brown
Feb 16, 2022
New data reveals an increase in adverse events among nursing home residents during the pandemic, an indicator that post-acute care providers and others must take a closer look at patient safety, federal...
CDC: Boosted nursing home residents 10 times less likely to be infected with COVID-19
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2021
The news, delivered by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, is a bit of cheer amidst other new evidence that COVID-19 cases are increasing among fully vaccinated long-term care residents.
Pfizer, Moderna vaccines recommended over Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus shot
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 17, 2021
Americans should preferably be vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots and the lesser protection found with the J&J vaccine, CDC says.
CDC may be overestimating COVID-19 vaccination stats for older adults, state officials and experts say
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 13, 2021
The agency’s online tracker currently shows that 99.9% of U.S. seniors have been at least partly vaccinated against COVID-19. But this sky-high figure is almost certainly not accurate, observers...
CDC: While omicron triples COVID reinfections overseas, delta remains dominant in U.S.
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Alicia Lasek
Dec 06, 2021
For now at least, the delta variant is behind 99.9% of current COVID-19 cases, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says. But vaccine makers have developed contingency plans as the omicron variant quickly spreads.
Nursing home COVID cases, deaths trending downward, CDC’s latest data show
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 18, 2021
Rates have steadily fallen since an uptick in September, according to data submitted by facilities to the agency’s National Healthcare Safety Network.
New CDC effort to bring clarity to COVID-19’s impact in long-term care facilities
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Danielle Brown
Oct 13, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is launching a new effort aimed at using data to better recognize and understand public health threats and their impact on long-term care facilities.