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06/15/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | June 15
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- US Department of Labor's OSHA issues emergency temporary standard to protect health care workers from the coronaviru
- The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel’s Statement on the Emergency Use Authorizations of Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies for the Treatment of COVID-19
Journal Articles
- MMWR: Genomic Surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 Variants Circulating in the United States, December 2020–May 2021
- JAMDA: Decreased mortality over time during the first wave in patients with COVID-19 in geriatric care – data from the Stockholm GeroCovid Study
- JAMDA: Antibody Responses After mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccination in Residential Older Adults: Implications for Reopening
- Pathologic Antibodies to Platelet Factor 4 after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination
- SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine–Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia
- Estimation of Excess Mortality Rates Among US Assisted Living Residents During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Impact of COVID-19 on older adults and role of long-term care facilities during early stages of epidemic in Italy
- Patient Outcomes and Lessons-Learned from Treating Patients with Severe COVID-19 at a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Research Reports/White Papers
Podcasts/Webinars
- TODAY: Update on the Use of Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Therapies for COVID-19: A Review of New Treatments and At-Risk Populations, June 15, 2021, 3:00 PM ET
- COCA Call: Evaluating and Caring for Patients with Post-COVID Conditions. Thursday, June 17, 2021, 2:00 PM–3:00 PM ET
News Reports
- OSHA announces COVID-19-related safety rules for senior living, other healthcare workplaces
- Nursing home COVID deaths level off, likely due to visits, unvaccinated staff, AARP reports
- Adult immunizations fell dramatically during pandemic, vaccine maker says
- FDA accuses company of distributing unapproved Covid test and using falsified data
- Novavax Covid-19 vaccine highly effective in late-stage trial, long-awaited results show
- CMS issues reprieve for 2,500 nursing homes yet to report COVID vaccination rates
- Provider groups seek dismissal of COVID lawsuit against NY nursing home to avoid ‘far-ranging consequences’ for industry
- COVID mortality for assisted living residents merits attention, new data suggest
- Labor Department Issues Emergency Rules to Protect Health Care Workers From Covid
- KFI Engineers, LifeWings Peak Performance to brief long-term care officials on how indoor space initiative makes reopening safer amid pandemic