The CDC has recommended that people who have a reaction to the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines take the Johnson & Johnson vaccine as a second shot. But the new study suggests that this “mixed” series of shots may be unnecessary, the authors concluded.
Surges accounted for about 1 in every 4 U.S. COVID-19 hospital deaths through Oct. 2020, analysts say. This trend continued even as more effective treatments became available.
Pennsylvania state health officials are commending skilled nursing facilities for their successful COVID-19 vaccination reporting efforts under new federal standards.
Recent legislative activity in Ohio just highlights the public’s and the government’s fickle view of long-term care in our country.
The virus remains a threat, with more than 10,000 residents and staff members contracting the disease and 800 dying from it each month in federally certified facilities, according to a new analysis of federal data.
In total, 17.2 million adult vaccine doses were missed in 2020. And immunizations continue to lag well behind 2019 levels, reports GlaxoSmithKline.
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“Providing CNAs with information, resources, support, and opportunity will not only serve to improve vaccine receptivity, but may also have downstream benefits,” say geriatric nursing experts from Rory Meyers College of Nursing, New York University.
Investigators found nearly 20 times the rate of COVID-19 infection in unvaccinated healthcare staff, plus signs that transmission clusters were linked to those workers.
The last word one might ever think of pairing with “COVID-19” could be “carnival.” But that’s the vibe that’s been growing lately.
