Long-term care residents in Ohio were among the first in the nation to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. More than 1,500 facilities there are now participating in a state program that seeks to maintain momentum.
Long-term care staffers are increasingly opening up to the COVID-19 vaccines, according to the latest insights from the National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC).
Although “extremely rare” in each case, the likelihood of a dangerous blood clot condition is eight to 10 times higher following a COVID-19 infection than it is after receiving the J&J vaccine, the health organizations say. Their new report covers signs and symptoms of the condition and safe treatment options.
Pregnancy concerns are cited as one of the top reasons for vaccine hesitancy among long-term care workers, but there were no obvious signs of third trimester adverse events among pregnant women who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, CDC investigators say.
Now that vaccinators are encouraged to resume giving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 shot, nursing home stakeholders are questioning what effect the recent pause will have on vaccine uptake in a wary population.
Vaccinated nursing home residents and staff members appeared to have a distinct advantage during a recent COVID-19 outbreak, agency investigators found.
Two days after federal officials pressed pause on Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, health and public policy leaders predicted it will return to use — but not without causing ongoing concern among key long-term care stakeholders.
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I’ve been thinking quite a bit about trust over the last week or so, especially after reading a real pick-me-up in the Washington Post about how the pandemic will lead to the splintering of societies. We’ve already seen what a year of sickness and upheaval can do to a country, and the National Intelligence Council…
Vice President Kamala Harris met Thursday with 275 founding members of the Biden administration’s Community Corps, a group charged with encouraging Americans to get vaccinated. The initiative is part of a sweeping outreach campaign.
