As influenza season gears up at a time when assisted living communities and other long-term care facilities are still reeling from a global pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is offering practice guidelines on handling a co-infection outbreak.
The issue of mandatory vaccinations in the workplace is becoming increasingly relevant as medical experts in the U.S. anticipate that a COVID-19 vaccine will be available for distribution to the general public in soon.
Concerned about a dual outbreak of influenza and COVID-19 this winter, public health officials recommended Thursday that long-term care workers and residents — and others — “take flu out of the equation” by getting vaccinated.
If the coronavirus wasn’t enough, flu season is on the horizon, and viral infections such as influenza are among the most common causes of death in eldercare communities.
We need to give this emerging virus the respect and response it deserves. But let’s also try to keep things in perspective.
Here’s a look at some of the news that occupied many minds in senior living over the past year.
Nineteen percent of people aged 60 or more years do not plan to get vaccinated against influenza this year, according to a new AmeriSpeak Spotlight on Health survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.
This year’s flu season is off to an early start, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new influenza vaccine for people aged 65 or more years, biopharmaceutical company Sanofi announced Monday.
Here are some important takeaways about influenza vaccination from my conversation with the medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.
