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10/27/2022
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | October 26
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
- NIH: The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel’s Statement on Omicron Subvariants and Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Antibodies
- Biden-Harris Administration Strengthens Oversight of Nation’s Poorest-Performing Nursing Homes
- CDC: Summary of Variant Surveillance
Journal Articles/Preprints
- Development and validation of novel multimorbidity indices for older adults
- MMWR: Influenza and COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Health Care Personnel — United States, 2021–22
- MMWR: Effectiveness of COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Against COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among Immunocompromised Adults During SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Predominance — VISION Network, 10 States, December 2021—August 2022
- Post-acute health care burden after SARS-CoV-2 infection: a retrospective cohort study
- Association of mRNA Vaccination With Clinical and Virologic Features of COVID-19 Among US Essential and Frontline Workers
- Neutralization Escape by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Subvariant BA.4.6
- WHO releases first-ever list of health-threatening fungi
Research Reports/White Papers
- Commercialization of COVID-19 Vaccines, Treatments, and Tests: Implications for Access and Coverage
- Nurse Leader’s Top Challenges and Areas for Needed Support, July 2020 to August 2022
- Study details how antimicrobial resistance slams Europe
Podcasts/Webinars
- The New CMS Regulations and the NPS Decision Matrix, October 28, 2022, 12:00 PM ET
- Submitting a Successful Poster, November 8, 2022, 6:00 PM ET
- Working Smarter, Not Longer: Overcoming Staff Vacancies by Improving Operational Efficiency – Fresh Perspectives on the Field’s Biggest Challenge: Recording featuring Dr. Arif Nazir
News/News Analysis
- Readout of Meeting with Nation’s Leading Clinical Societies on the Importance of Getting Americans Vaccinated and COVID-?19 Treatments this Fall and Winter
- ‘No quick fixes’: Walensky’s push for change at CDC meets reality
- What Europe’s COVID Wave Means for the U.S. New variants are coming. How worried should we be?
- Panel votes to add COVID shots to recommended vaccinations
- OIG Launches Investigation into Skilled Nursing Residents With Potentially Preventable Hospitalizations
- Why the Future of Standalone Skilled Nursing Facilities Could Be Dim
- FDA’s vaccines chief foresees deployment of another COVID-19 booster for older adults
- States ending COVID-related pandemic emergency measures
- Shingrix shingles vaccine protects seniors for 10 years, new data show