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07/02/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | July 2
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
Journal Articles
- Confronting Our Next National Health Disaster — Long-Haul Covid
- Prevention and Attenuation of Covid-19 with the BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines
- Safety and Efficacy of NVX-CoV2373 Covid-19 Vaccine
- Ethical Considerations of Offering Benefits to COVID-19 Vaccine Recipients
- Single-dose SARS-CoV-2 vaccination efficacy in the elderly
- Vaccine hesitancy in the COVID-19 era
- Corticosteroids in COVID-19: We should be mindful of its acute toxicities
Research Reports/White Papers
- UPMC: Immunocompromised Response to COVID-19 Vaccination
- NIH-funded screening study builds case for frequent COVID-19 antigen testing
Podcasts/Webinars
News Reports
- Only 4 states have hit 75 percent LTC staff vaccination goal, new CMS data reveal
- CNAs and Vaccination: An Issue of Trust. The nursing home medical director may be the best source of accurate COVID-19 vaccine information to encourage CNAs still on the fence to sign up.
- Moderna Provides a Clinical Update on the Neutralizing Activity of its COVID-19 Vaccine on Emerging Variants Including the Delta Variant First Identified in India
- U.S. reps launch ‘much-needed’ LTC infection control and prevention caucus
- Face masks that can detect coronavirus: Harvard, MIT researchers create wearable tech
- COVID Vaccines Put to the Test in Essential Workers
- The Delta variant has now been detected in all 50 states and Washington, DC
- Fears that Delta variant could 'wreak havoc' in L.A. prompted call to wear masks indoors
- First case of Delta-plus, 'double-whammy' variant of COVID, detected in Louisiana
- Why America’s Vaccine Holdouts Haven’t Gotten a COVID-19 Shot, in Their Own Words
- UK NHS plans booster jab for those 50 and over before winter
- Infection control experts throw support behind healthcare vaccine mandates
- Essential caregiver visitation rights would be guaranteed during public health emergencies under new bill
- Feds revoke emergency use of some respirators, mask decontamination in healthcare settings
- Provider Relief Fund reporting portal opens
- Masking Guidance in Flux as Delta Variant Surges