Feds approve Regeneron’s antibody therapy as COVID-19 preventive
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 03, 2021
REGEN-COV now can be used after exposure to the SARS-CoV-2 virus to prevent severe illness in people at high risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19.
Unvaccinated nursing home staff in the hot seat as CDC investigates COVID-19 breakthrough cases
By
Kimberly Marselas
Jul 23, 2021
Several Colorado senior care facilities are at the center of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 investigation, and public health officials there are zeroing in on unvaccinated staff...
COVID-19 vaccine more effective in nursing home residents with past virus exposure: study
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 16, 2021
Nursing home residents who have had a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection have stronger responses to vaccination than those who have not been exposed to the virus, a real-life investigation finds.
A first: Regeneron’s antibody cocktail cuts mortality by 20 percent in severe COVID
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Alicia Lasek
Jun 17, 2021
The results are promising for vulnerable COVID-19 patients who can’t mount their own immune response to the disease, the study revealed. The findings also may ease uncertainty about the value of...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, May 19
May 19, 2021
Heart patients gain significant benefits from taking stairs…Investigational drug may help patients with diabetes, heart failure… Patients undergoing dialysis maintained SARS-CoV-2 antibody levels six...
LTC residents have detectable antibodies 6 months after COVID vaccination
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 12, 2021
All residents tested in University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Senior Communities were found to have antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 after full vaccination. The findings are “cautious good news,”...
Clinical briefs for Friday, April 2
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 02, 2021
New CDC data: Osteoporosis rates increase in women … Exposed to COVID? Study finds point-of-care antibody tests highly effective at detection … Ruined J&J coronavirus vaccine doses are not in circulation:...
Feds authorize combo antibody infusion to treat COVID-19 in older adults with chronic disease
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 11, 2021
The latest Eli Lilly therapy has received emergency approval for treating mild to moderate COVID-19 in patients at high risk for progressing to severe disease and/or hospitalization. This includes adults...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Feb. 9
By
Alicia Lasek
Feb 09, 2021
Vulnerable nursing home residents can mount a strong antibody defense to coronavirus, study finds … ‘Insufficient’ chewing ability tied to residents’ poor oral health and orofacial pain … Most...
We’re vaccinated. Now what?
By
Eleanor Feldman Barbera, Ph.D.
Feb 02, 2021
Across the country, long-term care facilities are vaccinating their staff and residents, with approximately 3.1 million doses delivered as of last week and rates of COVID-19 infection in nursing home residents...