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COVID-19
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Who is Jeffrey Zients, the soon-to-be White House coronavirus czar?
As President-elect Joe Biden develops a strategy for ending the pandemic, the person who will be in charge of executing…
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Importance of home-based care programs for older adults grows during pandemic
We all know the toll that COVID-19 has taken on older adults in institutional settings. It’s prompted many aging advocates…
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Inspection data could prompt stories about COVID-19 problems in hospitals
AHCJ has updated its public HospitalInspections.org website to give people a better glimpse of potential COVID-19 problems at some hospitals…
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Reporter takes readers inside a nursing home’s effort to fight COVID-19
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing homes throughout California were preparing for a wave of cases. Older adults,…
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President-elect Biden announces nominations to health care team
President-elect Joe Biden’s health care leadership team is coming into focus. Biden announced the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier…
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Writer offers advice on how journalists can respond to COVID-19 deniers
For Dana Smith, senior staff writer at Elemental, one of the biggest surprises this year has been the anti-science sentiment…
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Sorting through the controversies over pandemic mask-wearing
Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has said the U.S. should have a…
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Industry trade group points out potential stories in health information technology
If you cover anything about health information technology (HIT), then you should know about Karen Groppe, senior director of corporate…
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Poll explores hesitancy among older adults to get a COVID-19 vaccine
A new poll of adults over age 50 – one of the highest-priority groups to receive a COVID-19 vaccine –…
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AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine shows promise for older adults
There’s good news for older adults from a new phase2/phase 3 trial of the COVID-19 vaccine under development by Oxford…