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FDA Approves Emergency Use of Pfizer’s COVID Vaccine

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. “On behalf of the long-term [care] industry, we welcome the decision by the FDA to approve emergency use authorization to expedite the distribution of a COVID vaccine,” said Mark Parkinson, president and CEO of the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living. and Troy, Mich. —

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Drop in COVID Cases Seen in Nursing Homes as U.S. Vaccine Effort Makes Headway

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Although only 5 percent of the country’s cases have occurred in long-term care facilities, deaths related to COVID-19 in these settings have accounted for about 36 percent of deaths from the virus in the country, the Times reported. However, Novavax’s smaller trial in South Africa also found the vaccine to only have a 49.4

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