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

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Two widely anticipated new COVID-19 vaccines — from Johnson & Johnson and Novavax — appear to halt infections in places where more contagious variants are circulating, new trials show. The more infectious British variant was found to have caused about 50 percent of the cases in that trial, Novavax said.

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Health Officials Work to Speed Up U.S. COVID Vaccine Rollout

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million, will boost its vaccine rollout to now include health care workers, nursing home residents and staff, as well as those living in congregate settings such as assisted living or shelters. Food and Drug Administration last week said it would stick with the two-shot dose backed by randomized clinical trials.

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U.S. Rollout of Pfizer COVID Vaccine Begins

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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.

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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.

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