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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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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. Herd immunity will be reached when the virus encounters enough people with immunity that it dies out. The clock is ticking.”

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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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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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