Certified nursing assistants are the least likely among nursing home workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 even though they provide the bulk of direct care to residents, new research published in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed.
New data from vaccine maker Pfizer and Israel’s health ministry may help U.S. health agencies make a case for recommending COVID-19 booster shots, various sources report.
New York long-term care providers cannot deny religious exemptions from the state’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate after a federal judge issued a temporary straining order blocking the rule for lacking the exemption.
The Missouri Health Care Association came out strongly against the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate during a subcommittee hearing, citing concerns that a large chunk of workers could be lost due to the regulation.
Data scheduled to be published in New England Journal of Medicine, ahead of FDA advisory panel meeting
Normally, my family spends Labor Day weekend at a rustic cabin in the wooded foothills of Western Maryland, nestled just between the Pennsylvania and West Virginia borders. There’s no TV, spotty (if any) cell phone coverage and very few unwelcome distractions from the lifelong friends we drive hours to see. But for the second year…
A booster vaccination campaign that is rolled out without solid scientific justification could lower public confidence in vaccines and undermine messaging about the value of primary vaccination, say two departing FDA leaders and their colleagues.
At least one group of nursing homes has surpassed the 70% threshold when it comes to vaccinating staff.
I went to a wedding this month. Let me rephrase that: I went to a wedding that was a three-day, in-person, 125-attendees, sitting-at-tables-for-eight, extravaganza with family I haven’t seen in nearly two years. And I didn’t worry. Why? Because the invitation said, “We kindly request that all guests in attendance be fully vaccinated against COVID. If…
Real-world experience now corroborates the results of clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a multistate analysis conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with six U.S. healthcare systems plus the Regenstrief Institute.
