Covid-19 vaccines roughly halved the chances that a US adult would need to visit the emergency room or be hospitalized with ...
U.S. health officials have stopped the publication of a study on the COVID-19 vaccine's effectiveness in preventing ...
It’s hard to see the horizon when you’re fighting to keep your head above water. That’s where AEC firms, interviewed in late March and through April, say most of their clients were when it came to ...
Symptom-based screening doesn’t effectively control COVID-19 in skilled nursing facilities. Instead, repeated point prevalence surveys (serial testing) and robust infection prevention support can ...
More than 240 residents of nursing homes in Erie and Niagara counties have died in confirmed or suspected Covid-19 cases. Infection control is not a new problem for nursing homes. More than half of ...
Focused infection control surveys are no longer part of the standard survey process, federal officials announced in a memo to state directors Wednesday. Any COVID-19 or infection control concerns ...
In absence of a vaccine, compliance with infection prevention & control (IPC) measures remains the most effective intervention to control the COVID-19 outbreak. Our Weekly Epidemiology Report ...
Conditions at Spring City, Pa.-based Southeastern Veterans’ Center placed 128 of 154 residents in immediate jeopardy, a June inspection found, as reported by The Washington Post. For several months, ...