WHO adapts COVID vaccine guidance, keeps focus on at-risk older adults
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 29, 2023
The updated vaccine guidance is a response to the omicron era and high levels of population immunity, according to the WHO’s vaccine advisors.
FDA, WHO officials warn against rush to COVID boosters
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 14, 2021
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...
One person with COVID infects 4 to 5 others, double WHO estimates, study finds
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 01, 2020
Each person who contracted the coronavirus early in the pandemic likely transmitted it to four or five others, according to a new analysis.
WHO chief: ‘Rethinking’ eldercare a must after nursing home COVID losses
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 15, 2020
The care of older generations should be seen as a health rights issue going forward, said Michael Ryan, M.D., executive director, WHO Health Emergencies Program.
WHO recommends steroids as standard treatment for severe COVID-19
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 04, 2020
Commonly available, low-cost corticosteroids lowered mortality risk by a third in critically ill, hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the organization reports.
Clinical Briefs for Tuesday, July 7
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Alicia Lasek
Jul 07, 2020
Fatigue predicts anemia in older adults … Elderly no more compliant with COVID-19 safety measures than other adults … Older women have higher mortality from metabolic syndrome than men: study … WHO...
Clinical Briefs for Monday, March 30
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 28, 2020
Older minorities more prone to severe depression … New blood-based tests could identify people who’ve recovered from undetected COVID-19 … WHO launches large-scale trial to test a range of coronavirus...
Operators taking unprecedented steps to keep coronavirus in check
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Alicia Lasek
Mar 12, 2020
“We’re taking bold steps to do whatever we can to keep coronavirus from getting into our buildings,” says AHCA President and CEO Mark Parkinson.
Hand washing takes a break
By
Ashley Carman
Oct 01, 2013
A third of Medicare/Medicaid-certified long-term care providers surveyed by The Joint Commission during the first half of this year didn’t meet basic hand hygiene requirements, according to recent...
Of Purell and payment reform
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Tim Mullaney
Apr 16, 2013
I was sympathetic when the Partnership for Sustainable Health Care called for a speedier shift away from fee-for-service last week — and I also thought about Purell. Yes, that Purell.