COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Tri-Council for Nursing will host a webinar to help nurses and other health professionals prepare for the 2024-2025 fall/winter respiratory virus season on Sept. 16 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 data tracker shows an 18.1% test positivity rate for the week ending Aug. 10, the highest rate since January 2022.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the updated 2024-2025 COVID-19 and flu vaccines for this fall and winter.
Children younger than two years and adults aged 50 years and older who received a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine five months after getting the first vaccine were less likely to be hospitalized or die, according to a study.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week released updated guidance dropping the five-day isolation period for people diagnosed with COVID-19.
Only 38% of nursing home residents and 15% of staff have received the latest COVID-19 vaccine, even though over 20% of all U.S. COVID-19 deaths occur in long-term care facilities, a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of federal data found.
People infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy were more likely to give birth to babies with higher levels of respiratory distress, a study published in Nature Communications found.
Despite a lack of robust data tracking, health care experts note COVID-19 cases are up, with older and vulnerable people more likely to be hospitalized due to the virus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently urged nursing home residents to become vaccinated, following the release of research showing only 33% of residents were up to date with their COVID-19 vaccination.