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New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than 30% of fully-vaccinated seniors 65 and older have yet to get their COVID-19 booster shots, despite being most at risk for serious...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is updating the COVID-19 vaccination form for long-term care providers. 

The agency is urging clinicians to consider the now readily available, recommended therapies such as Paxlovid as first-line COVID-19 treatments.

U.S. mortality from COVID-19 increased overall in 2021, but there has been a decline in deaths among the elderly and other shifts in who is severely affected by the disease, the CDC reports.

A new federal study suggests that healthcare workers were more likely to be exposed to COVID-19 at their job early on during the pandemic — contradicting previous research that suggested workers that...

Revamp would focus on improving the nation’s public health workforce, data modernization, laboratory capacity, rapid response to outbreaks

Most requirements, including CMS’s vaccination mandate and requirements for routine testing and quarantine remain unchanged for nursing homes, the industry advocate explains.