New report includes data from early in 2020, making it the most comprehensive to date from the government
SARS-CoV-2 Infection Cuts Risk for Reinfection for Up to 10 Months
Risk for PCR-positive infection higher for residents, staff of long-term care facilities who were antibody-negative at baseline
Medicare Making Nursing Homes Report COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Officials hope requirement will be an incentive for these facilities to keep giving shots even as the pandemic wanes
Few SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Breakthrough Infections Reported at SNFs
22 infections identified among 12 residents and 10 staff members at 15 skilled nursing facilities; no facility-associated secondary transmission reported
States Receive $12.7 Billion for Alternatives to Long-Term Care Homes
Money will only be available over four calendar quarters this year and next
Prescribing of Psychotropic Meds Up in Nursing Homes During COVID-19
Compared with Jan. to Feb. 2020, prescriptions for antipsychotics, antidepressants, trazodone up from March to Sept. 2020
Partial Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccination 63 Percent Effective
Estimated effectiveness 63 percent for period from more than 14 days after the first dose through seven days after the second dose
March to November 2020 Saw Drop in COVID-19 Mortality at Nursing Homes
Adjusted mortality rates significantly declined from high of 20.9 percent in early April to 11.2 percent in early November
Dramatic Decline Seen in COVID-19 Cases, Deaths at U.S. Nursing Homes
82 percent decline reported in new COVID-19 cases among residents at nursing homes since the peak during the week of Dec. 20
Possible SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection Described at Skilled Nursing Facility
Five patients tested positive in outbreaks in July and October 2020; disease severity worse during second outbreak
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