COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities

Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN, discusses her leadership actions during the pandemic in the December issue of Nurse Leader.
Five health organizations last week released a toolkit for clinicians in post-acute and long-term care settings about the benefits of the COVID-19 bivalent booster and oral antiviral therapeutics.
The American Hospital Association this week released a Thanksgiving-focused toolkit to promote COVID-19 vaccination for children ages six months to four years old.
The National Academy of Medicine on Nov. 30 from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. ET will host a webinar to discuss findings from the recent NAM publication, Emerging Stronger from COVID-19: Priorities for Health System Transformation, and related next steps.
Once the COVID-19 public health emergency ends and the federally purchased supply depletes, individuals will pay for tests, vaccines and treatments.
Children’s hospitals across the country are admitting a surge of children with respiratory syncytial virus.
A study concluded long-term care aides must have more support, including adequate staffing levels and resources, pandemic preparedness and mental health assistance.
The Department of Health and Human Services will launch a national advertising campaign and tour to encourage families to get the updated Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster.
The declining federal funding for COVID-19 “risks a backslide in pandemic protection, with disproportionate effects on the most vulnerable Americans,” states a commentary in the American Journal of Infection Control.
COVID-19 vaccinations are associated with over 650,000 fewer hospitalizations and 300,000 fewer deaths in the Medicare population through December