The benefits of the shot — including reduced hospitalization, intensive care unit admission and death — outweigh the risk of contracting Guillain-Barre syndrome, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices decided on Thursday.
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…
Nursing home, senior living and aging advocates are pushing the federal government to commit to allocating between 50,000 and 75,000 weekly COVID-19 doses to long-term care pharmacies enrolled in the Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care in a push to keep their top vaccine priority.
There were no COVID-19-related deaths or cases requiring medical intervention four weeks or more after vaccination in adults age 60 and older. But there were not enough participants aged 75 and older to assess efficacy in the oldest subgroup, the FDA reports.
Nursing homes that completed its first vaccine clinic saw COVID-19 cases decrease at a faster rate when compared to facilities that had yet to administer any doses, according to a new, first-of-its-kind study.
You had to look only in one place for a pair of fascinating long-term care stories this week.
Leaders at five Ohio long-term and residential care facilities are working with Walgreens and state officials to re-administer COVID-19 vaccines to residents following a storage error caused by the pharmacy retailer.
A “cautious approach” to COVID-19 vaccination may be best for the very frail with Parkinson’s who reside in long-term care settings, a panel of neurologists contend. But for most with Parkinson’s, the risks of COVID-19 outweigh any vaccination risks, they conclude.
More independent community pharmacies, including those that serve long-term care facilities, will soon be able to administer coronavirus vaccines, thanks to a new initiative launched by the federal government.
Pharmacy retailers CVS Health and Walgreens were both on track to have completed the first round of coronavirus vaccinations at skilled nursing facilities, the companies reported Monday.
