COVID-19

Researchers found just 3.7% of unvaccinated workers in a network of continuing care retirement communities departed rather than get COVID shots after their employer adopted a mandate at the height of the...

Mama used to say the only good thing about being sick is that you’ll feel better later — if you live.

A study that put both COVID-19 shots to the test to see which was better for older adults found that the Moderna vaccine was superior.

Experts are seeing a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases, signaling a late-summer jump that could hit nursing homes harder than the general population. 

In a recent letter to leaders in Congress, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) highlighted the “astonishing lack of attention to infection prevention and control...

We can probably assume no House Select Subcommittee will stage a showy hearing to examine the recent finding that the excess mortality rate was better during the COVID-19 pandemic for those with dementia...

At last. I haven’t worn a mask in public in months, I’m starting to see friends again, I’m eating in restaurants again, and my new normal is the old normal. Life is good.  There’s some hesitation...

It’s going to be a pretty busy cold, flu and respiratory syncytial virus season, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. COVID-19 is on the rise now, a year after the country...

People who missed out on health-related appointments and procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic were more apt to have hospital stays that may have been preventable, according to a study in The BMJ.

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