Health care personnel (HCP) caring for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might be at high risk for contracting SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Understanding the prevalence of factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection among frontline HCP who care for COVID-19 patients is important for protecting both HCP and their patients. In the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report posted …
Heroism often comes with personal sacrifice, and we are endlessly thankful for those that have stepped up during this pandemic and willingly made that decision for the good of their facility. While many frontline workers have had to face this challenge head-on as a part of their normal job duties, today’s HealthCap Hero made the choice to step out of …
The Advance Alert Monitor is a sophisticated system that analyzes electronic data about hospital patients, identifies those at risk of deteriorating, and issues an alert to a centralized team of specially trained nurses resulted in a lower mortality rate, Kaiser Permanente Researchers found. The evaluation of the Advance Alert Monitor, or AAM, used in 21 Kaiser Permanente Northern California hospitals …
In a study published in Nature Medicine, the researchers delimited three possible future scenarios of the course of the COVID-19 epidemic in the United States at the state level: mandate-easing, plausible reference, and universal mask-use scenarios. These help frame and inform a national discussion on what actions could be taken during the fall of 2020 and the public health, economic …
The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been theorized to provide protection against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). This theory was introduced in March 2020 by a group of researchers after observing that recent, large-scale MMR vaccination campaigns were associated with countries with the fewest COVID-19 deaths. Vaccines induce a variety of different antibodies to protect against a virus, since each part of an …
At least 1,500 nurses across the globe have died from the coronavirus, though the figure is almost certainly underestimated, the leader of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said in a Medscape article. “The fact that as many nurses have died during this pandemic as died during World War I is shocking,” said Howard Catton, CEO of the nurse’s organization. …
Conspiracy theories and misinformation fuel mistrust in vaccines and could push levels that potential COVID-19 vaccines are taken in the United States and Britain below the rates needed to protect communities against the disease, according to a new study. The study of 8,000 people in the two countries found that fewer people would “definitely” take a COVID-19 vaccine than the …
The JAMA Network recently released a new video to their Q&A series that discussed the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines. Topics included: Pfizer EUA application Differences in EUAs for vaccines vs drugs Surprises in data Post-authorization safety surveillance Unknowns: duration of protection, asymptomatic transmission, virus mutation How vaccines can reduce non-COVID-19 excess deaths Patients with allergies Bell’s Palsy FDA role …
The CDC must be transparent about the side effects people may experience after getting their first shot of a coronavirus vaccine, doctors urged during a meeting with CDC advisors. Dr. Sandra Fryhofer said that both Pfizer’s and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines require two doses and she worries whether her patients with come back for a second dose because of potentially unpleasant …
StoneBridge Adams Street Some facilities are realizing that they don’t have just one or two exceptional employees on staff, but a whole team of heroes putting their residents first every day when they come to work. The Director of Nursing at StoneBridge Adams Street is in awe of their team, who are selflessly serving their residents in spite of the …
