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09/01/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | September 1
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Among Residents and Staff Members of Assisted Living and Residential Care Communities — Pharmacy Partnership for Long-Term Care Program, December 2020–April 2021
- Casirivimab–Imdevimab treatment is associated with reduced rates of hospitalization among high-risk patients with mild to moderate coronavirus disease-19
- MMWR: Association Between COVID-19 and Myocarditis Using Hospital-Based Administrative Data — United States, March 2020–January 2021
- Allergic Reactions After COVID-19 Vaccination—Putting Risk Into Perspective
- Correlation between times to SARS-CoV-2 symptom onset and secondary transmission undermines epidemic control efforts
- Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting
- No Correlation between Anti-PF4 and Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination
- JAMDA: Mandating COVID-19 vaccine for nursing home staff: an ethical obligation
- JAMDA: AMDA Position Statement on Aducanumab
- JAMDA: Functional Status Across Post-Acute Settings Is Associated With 30-Day and 90-Day Hospital Readmissions
- Strengthening Global Health Security and Reforming the International Health Regulations: Making the World Safer From Future Pandemics
- Systemwide Advance Care Planning During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Impact on Patient Outcomes and Cost
- Developing and evaluating online COVID-centric advance care planning training and information resources for nursing staff and family members in nursing homes: the necessary discussions study protocol
Research Reports/White Papers
- COVID-19 antibody study shows downside of not receiving second shot
- High Virus Count in the Lungs Drives COVID-19 Deaths
Podcasts/Webinars
- TODAY: The Fourth Wave: Vaccines, Variants, and the Future, Wednesday, September 1, 2021, 5-6:30 PM ET
- TOMORROW: Healing Together in PALTC, September 2, 2021, 6:30 PM ET
- Another Shot in the Arm: Strategies for Implementing COVID-19 Booster Shots in PALTC, September 9, 2021, 7:00 PM ET
- Webinar Recording: COVID in PALTC Update
News/News Analysis
- Blood Test Discerns Alzheimer's From Other Dementia With High Accuracy
- Senators to HHS: Release Provider Relief ‘without further delay’
- Nursing homes risk losing more than 20% of workers due to vaccine mandate: survey
- ‘Hundreds of Thousands of Nursing Home Staff Are Going to Leave’ Without Reasonable Vaccine Mandate Implementation
- Axios-Ipsos poll: Vaccine hesitancy may be crumbling
- New infection control group says it will reduce LTC citations
- Two Swings, Two Misses With Colchicine, Vascepa in COVID-19