Johns Hopkins: Common orthopaedic knee surgery does little to help seniors … Getting flu vaccine cuts risk of death by half in people with heart failure … Bigger allowance urged for nursing...
Goodbye, Colbert . . . hello, flu
By
Tim Mullaney
Dec 23, 2014
In honor of Stephen Colbert’s recently ended run on Comedy Central, I’d like to address some “truthiness” I’ve recently spotted, which I believe could harm long-term care...
Cut the hypocrisy when it comes to flu shots for health workers
By
James M. Berklan
Dec 10, 2014
Providers get enough pressure about vaccinating their employees. They don’t need the hypocrisy dished out by surveyors too.
Flu-dose ally: higher antigen
Oct 01, 2014
A high-dose flu vaccine with four times the amount of antigen in a standard vaccine was 24% more effective in protecting study subjects 65 and older against influenza complications.
CDC issues new guidelines on pneumococcal vaccine, says LTC flu vaccination rates remain low
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 19, 2014
Long-term care workers continued to have low rates of flu vaccination last season, despite there being 92% vaccination coverage overall among physicians and nurses, the Centers for Disease Control and...
Flu vaccine leads to $11.6 million government settlement for paralyzed former nurse
By
Stephanie H. Kim
Jun 11, 2014
A former nurse will receive an $11.6 million government settlement to pay for future care after a flu vaccination left her paralyzed. The news could fuel another round of debate about whether vaccines...
Flu vaccine cuts stroke risk by nearly 25%, researchers say
By
Tim Mullaney
Feb 24, 2014
People who are vaccinated against the seasonal influenza are 24% less likely to suffer a stroke during that flu season, according to recently published research out of the United Kingdom.
CDC breaks down beliefs, attitudes related to flu vaccination among LTC workers
By
Tim Mullaney
Oct 25, 2013
Long-term care workers are more likely to be vaccinated for the flu if they believe it protects the health of people around them, according to survey data released by the Centers for Disease Control and...
Long-term care workers ‘the worst’ when it comes to flu vaccine
By
James M. Berklan
Sep 27, 2013
Many employee groups achieved significant increases in flu vaccination rates last season, but nursing home workers weren’t among them, according to federal officials who handed out a “report...
Flu vaccines approved to ship
Aug 07, 2013
GlaxoSmithKline said it has received Food and Drug Administration approval to start shipping the 2013-2014 influenza virus vaccine to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention distribution centers and...