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12/02/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | December 1
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- COVID-19 Booster Shot Fact Sheet
- CDC Expands COVID-19 Booster Recommendations
- CDC Statement on B.1.1.529 (Omicron variant)
Journal Articles/Preprints
- JAMDA: Pain Management in the Post-acute and Long-Term Care Setting: A Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) from the Society for Post-acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA)
- Odds of Testing Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Following Receipt of 3 vs 2 Doses of the BNT162b2 mRNA Vaccine
- JAMDA: Health Services Use and Functional Recovery Following Blunt Trauma in Older Persons – A National Multicentre Prospective Cohort Study
- JAMDA: Prediction of Reduced Gait Speed Using 5-Time Sit-to-Stand Test in Healthy Older Adults
Podcasts/Webinars
News/News Analysis
- ‘Fully vaccinated’ may be moving target in face of breakthroughs, omicron
- CMS vaccine mandate blocked in 10 states by federal judge
- FDA Staff: Mediocre Efficacy for Merck's Pill in High-Risk COVID
- What Doctors Need to Know About Omicron — Picture to become clearer in 2 weeks, but here's what we know now
- COVID-19 Vaccine Makers Plan for Annual Boosters, but It’s Not Clear They’ll Be Needed
- Moderna Warns of Material Drop in Vaccine Efficacy Against Omicron
- Omicron and Other Coronavirus Variants: What You Need to Know
- Will omicron be more contagious than delta? A virus evolution expert explains what researchers know and what they don’t
- FDA endorses Merck’s Covid pill for high-risk adults
- A federal judge blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for U.S. health workers.
- Protect providers or make them pay? States struggling with COVID-19 liability limits
- COVID Hasn’t Slowed Managed Care Growth as SNFs Look to Increase Participation