Study lays to rest concerns about COVID vaccination and nursing home deaths, researchers say
Aug 29, 2022
Nursing home residents do not have an increased risk of death after receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, a large new study finds. Reports of residents’ post-vaccination deaths during the Netherlands’...
3 COVID vaccine doses beats 2 in rural nursing homes outbreak study
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 08, 2022
A new study in rural Canadian nursing homes has found a significant difference in residents’ infection rates during COVID-19 outbreaks in 2022.
Seniors report fewer reactions after second COVID booster dose, CDC finds
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 29, 2022
Seniors aged 50 and older who received a second COVID-19 mRNA booster dose have reported adverse reactions at a lower rate than after a first dose, the CDC reports.
Fall vaccination campaign could avert 160,000 U.S. deaths, analysts project
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 27, 2022
Fully 160,000 deaths and 1.7 million hospitalizations could be averted if 80% of the eligible U.S. population received COVID-19 booster doses this fall, the Commonwealth Fund estimates in a new report.
Coronavirus vaccines safeguard people with obesity, but less so in the underweight: study
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 05, 2022
Underweight people may have less vaccine-derived immunity due to frailty or immunosuppression, investigators theorize.
Are you compliant? Up to date vs. fully vaccinated
By
Norris Cunningham
Angela Rinehart
Jun 27, 2022
Remember the confusion over who was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and when? Remember the confusion over the COVID-19 vaccine mandates? Remember the confusion over the approval for the COVID-19 booster...
Unvaccinated heart-failure patients 3 times more likely to die from COVID-19
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 14, 2022
Heart failure patients are often hesitant to be vaccinated against COVID-19, but they are 3 times more likely to die from the disease if not, physician-researchers say.
Paxlovid cuts seniors’ COVID-19 risk, no matter their vaccine status: study
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jun 03, 2022
Both vaccinated and unvaccinated seniors with COVID-19 have lower rates of hospitalization and death when taking the antiviral pill Paxlovid, according to a new study from Israel.
Cancer and dementia patients more at risk from breakthrough COVID infections
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Amy Novotney
May 25, 2022
Vaccinated people with cancer or Alzheimer’s disease are significantly more likely to experience a COVID-19 breakthrough infection, finds a pair of studies from researchers at the Case Western Reserve...
Fourth COVID shot cuts risk of dire illness in seniors, real-world study finds
By
Alicia Lasek (f3)
May 09, 2022
A fourth mRNA shot offers at least six weeks of steady protection against severe disease, a large new study from Israel reveals.