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06/24/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | June 22
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
Journal Articles
- MMWR: COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Adults — United States, December 14, 2020–May 22, 2021
- SARS-CoV-2 viral load in nasopharyngeal swabs is not an independent predictor of unfavorable outcome
- COVID-19 in persons aged 70+ in an early affected German district: Risk factors, mortality and post-COVID care needs—A retrospective observational study of hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in people with HIV
- Acute macular neuroretinopathy following COVID-19 vaccinations
- The impacts of New Zealand's COVID-19 epidemic response on community antibiotic use and hospitalisation for pneumonia, peritonsillar abscess and rheumatic fever
Research Reports/White Papers
- Study Evaluates Potential Causes of Increased Transmission in Two SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern
- Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic
Podcasts/Webinars
News Reports
- Residents of socially isolated long-term care facilities have increased mortality risk
- Models predict U.S. coronavirus infections could surge this fall if vaccination rates lag, former FDA chief says
- New material removes air-borne droplets: Transparent coating could be painted onto plexiglass barriers, face shields
- UK to require COVID-19 shots for nursing home workers
- COVID-19 Booster Shots Can Wait — Millions at home and abroad still need baseline protection from first and second doses
- ‘Protected them to death’: Elder-care COVID rules under fire
- Is Routine Flu Vaccination Key to Pandemic Preparedness?
- CMS continues emergency preparedness exemptions for some providers
- Providers struggling with family pressures to loosen COVID restrictions
- ‘Flat-Out Resistant’ Staffers Imperil Nursing Home Vaccine Goal
- Hospitals, nursing homes in Minnesota not mandating COVID-19 vaccine — yet
- The Effectiveness of Strategies to Contain SARS-CoV-2: Testing, Vaccinations, and NPIs