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11/10/2021
AMDA - The Society for PALTC Medicine | November 10
COMMERCIAL: COVID-19 Update
Headlines:
New/Updated Guidance
Journal Articles/Preprints
- Understanding Breakthrough Infections Following mRNA SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination
- Antibody Titers Before and After a Third Dose of the SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 Vaccine in Adults Aged ?60 Years
- Vaccination uptake amongst older adults from minority ethnic backgrounds: A systematic review
- SARS-CoV-2 vaccine protection and deaths among US veterans during 2021
- T-cell and antibody responses to first BNT162b2 vaccine dose in previously infected and SARS-CoV-2-naive UK health-care workers: a multicentre prospective cohort study
- Is the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine effective in elderly populations? Results from population data from Bavaria, Germany
- JAMDA: Melatonin Prescribing in Assisted Living
- Estimating the early impact of the US COVID-19 vaccination programme on COVID-19 cases, emergency department visits, hospital admissions, and deaths among adults aged 65 years and older: an ecological analysis of national surveillance data
- MMWR: Laboratory-Confirmed COVID-19 Among Adults Hospitalized with COVID-19–Like Illness with Infection-Induced or mRNA Vaccine-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Immunity — Nine States, January–September 2021
Research Reports/White Papers
Podcasts/Webinars
- Monoclonals and More: Issues and Opportunities with Early COVID-19 Treatment Options, Friday, November 12, 12:30 PM ET
- Healing Together in PALTC—What Your CNAs Want You to Know: A Collaborative Approach to Improving Care in PALTC, November 18, 6:00 PM ET
News/News Analysis
- Britain authorizes Merck’s molnupiravir, the world’s first approval of oral covid-19 treatment pill
- Pfizer Says Its Antiviral Pill Is Highly Effective in Treating Covid
- CMS: No test-out option for health worker vax mandate
- CMS urges: Start reviewing, planning and tracking staff COVID vaccinations now
- One shot of REGEN-COV prevents COVID infection for 8 months, clinical trial finds
- COVID-19 vaccine mandate for surveyors? CMS clarifies
- COVID vaccine mandate will survive legal challenges, experts believe