06/28/2021

AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | June 25

COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update

Headlines:

Journal Articles

• Rapid displacement of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 by B.1.617.2 and P.1 in the United States
• SARS-CoV-2 Positivity and Mask Utilization Among Health Care Workers
• Association Between Vaccination With BNT162b2 and Incidence of Symptomatic and Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Health Care Workers
• ‘Super-antibodies’ could curb COVID-19 and help avert future pandemics
• SARS-CoV-2 variants and considerations of inferring causality on disease severity
• JAMDA: Excess Mortality After COVID-19 in Swedish Long-Term Care Facilities
• SARS-CoV-2 Variants and Vaccines
• The Search for a Single Vaccine Against Coronaviruses Yet to Come
• Clinical Outcomes for Patients With Anosmia 1 Year After COVID-19 Diagnosis
• Association of COVID-19 Vaccination and Facial Nerve Palsy

 

Research Reports/White Papers

• HHS OIG: COVID-19 Had a Devastating Impact on Medicare Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes During 2020
• Data visualization: Vaccine hesitancy by county

 

News Reports

• Fauci Warns Dangerous Delta Variant Is The Greatest Threat To U.S. COVID Efforts
• SARS-CoV-2 May Exploit Injured Kidney Cells to Cause Infection, Damage
• COVID-19 Vaccinations May Be Weakened by Liver Disease
• Despite progress, nursing homes expected to fall short of 75% staff vaccination goal
• New Survey Shows Urgent Need for Workforce Investments in Long Term Care
• NIH antibody study uncovers millions of hidden, uncounted COVID-19 cases
• Town hall aims to push long-term care vaccination levels to 75 percent by July 4
• COVID deaths now ‘entirely preventable’ due to vaccines, CDC director says
• FDA to Add Warning on Rare Myocarditis Risk After COVID Vaccination — But CDC and others still believe benefits outweigh risks for adolescents and young adults
• Unvaccinated Missourians fuel COVID: ‘We will be the canary’
• Nearly All COVID Deaths in US Are Now Among Unvaccinated
• Varied COVID Vaccination Rates May Lead to 'Two Americas'
• The Only Way We’ll Know When We Need COVID-19 Boosters

 

AMDA's COVID19 Resources Page