Study: Sleep apnea severity linked to verbal memory decline … Test ties mobility to cognitive function … Spotting osteosarcopenia in heart valve operation patients could predict post-surgical death...
CDC could lift COVID-19 five-day home isolation guideline — but not for nursing homes
By
Kristen Fischer
Feb 15, 2024
One key distinguishing factor of COVID-19 from other viruses is the five-day quarantine guideline. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may soon loosen this public health recommendation, but...
Clinical briefs for Tuesday, Oct. 3
By
Kristen Fischer
Oct 03, 2023
WHO: Switch back to trivalent flu shots … Vascular cells needed to form long-term memories … Radiation could treat inoperable kidney tumors … “Expired” COVID-19 tests may still be OK, feds say...
Clinical briefs for Monday, April 24
By
Alicia Lasek
Apr 23, 2023
Lab charged with billing $358 million for unneeded nursing home COVID tests … Senators tweak proposal, cap certain insulin costs at $35 … Sleeping pill reduces levels of Alzheimer’s proteins …...
Senior care association opens free COVID test kit program to all providers
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 09, 2023
Industry advocate LeadingAge is now offering free test kits to long-term care providers in all care settings and communities.
Every breath you take
By
Gary Tetz
May 05, 2022
As pandemic testing becomes more sophisticated, a creepy song from the ’80s takes on new and ominous relevance. “Every breath you take I’ll be watching you,” warned The Police, and now that an...
Test and tests and tests… there’s failure here
By
Jacqueline Vance, RNC, CDONA/LTC
Mar 01, 2022
Let’s face it. Unless you’re the character Sheldon from the show “The Big Bang Theory” or “Young Sheldon,” most of us really hate to take tests. So, those of us in this profession got a little...
Clinical briefs for Wednesday, Jan. 19
By
Alicia Lasek
Jan 19, 2022
OSHA vows to ‘hold businesses accountable’ after Supreme Court halts vaccine mandate for private companies … Free at-home COVID-19 tests offered via federal website starting today … Are EHR...
At-home COVID-19 tests get a $70M boost as feds push to increase access
By
Alicia Lasek
Oct 27, 2021
The Biden Administration is streamlining the process to bring new tests to market among other moves designed to increase testing supplies and access.
New COVID testing shortages and delays evoke comparisons to earlier pandemic days
By
Kimberly Marselas
Sep 03, 2021
A national shortage of COVID-19 testing supplies — stretched thin after a months-long delta variant surge — is once again threatening safety at nursing homes dependent on testing to stay ahead...