According to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nursing aides are the most likely to interact with long-term care residents but are the industry's least likely workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Concerning Statistics
CDC researchers looked at data from 300 U.S. facilities and found that...
Cases of COVID-19 are on the rise again in Arizona as the Delta variant continues to spread. On Wednesday, there were 1,945 new cases reported and 21 new deaths. Just half, 50.7% of Arizonans are now vaccinated. Intensive care unit bed usage by COVID-19 patients is rising, now at 11% from 8% last week and 13% of ICU beds remain...
There were 373 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona on Wednesday and a total of four new deaths related to COVID-19. On Tuesday, the state passed the 18,000 marker for total deaths. The 17,000 death benchmark was passed on April 7. In terms of vaccinations, 49.9% of the state has been vaccinated against COVID-19. 9% of intensive...
The Arizona Department of Health Services and Maricopa County Department of Public Health have honored 121 employers across the state for excellence in worksite wellness strategies.
The seventh annual Healthy Arizona Worksites Program awards event recognized many of the hundreds of participating corporations, healthcare organizations,...Arizona News
There were 540 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona today, bringing the state total to 874,605. There were 17 new COVID-19 related deaths, the state total is at 17,497. 44.1% of Arizonans have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
This information comes from the Arizona Department of Health Services COVID-19 data...
Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report evaluating the spread of COVID-19 in nursing homes across the United States.
It's clear that COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on the 1.4 million residents who live in nursing homes in America.
The GAO looked at the frequency and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that Arizona has administered 5,408,077 doses of vaccine and 3,076,913 people have received at least one dose of vaccine. This means that 42.8% of the state has now been vaccinated. Nationally, 46.4% of people have been vaccinated and 35.4% of people are fully...
About 44% of the country has received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, and 32.3% of the population is fully vaccinated. In Arizona, 5,163,900 doses have been administered and 2,982,692 people have received at least one dose, meaning that 41.5% of the state has been vaccinated.
This information comes from the Centers for...
There were 603 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona today, bringing the state total to 860,772. There were six new COVID-19-related deaths, for a total of 17,282. There are 11% of intensive care unit beds currently in use by COVID-19 patients and 14% of ICU beds remain available.
This information comes from the Arizona Department...Arizona News
There were 649 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Arizona Wednesday, bringing the state total to 855,804. Six new deaths were reported, and will be retroactively reassigned to the dates on which the deaths took place. COVID-19 patients occupy 10% of intensive care unit beds and 14% of available hospital beds.
This information comes...Arizona News
There were 445 new COVID-19 cases reported in the state of Arizona on Wednesday, and 12 new deaths reported. These numbers will be retroactively reassigned to the dates in which the deaths took place. With 22,777 new tests reported today, the total percent positive has now fallen to 11.1%. Adult intensive care unit beds in use by...Arizona News
On December 17, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an official health advisory as the U.S. experiences a surge in fatal drug overdoses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
About 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. in the 12 months ending May 2020, with the largest spike after the COVID-19 public...Arizona News
All COVID-19 metrics are trending down in Arizona.
The Arizona Department of Health Services this week added a note to the ADHS Data Dashboard letting the public know it had enhanced its processes for identifying COVID-19 deaths and as a result, the number of new deaths reported on the dashboard may "increase more than expected". ...Arizona News
Although the CDC advises repeat testing and infection control support in order to curb COVID-19 outbreaks in nursing homes, Arizona lags seriously behind other states in terms of testing and providing assistance to affected facilities.
This week 10 nursing homes were cited for issues with infection control related issues during...Arizona News
On Monday, CMS released federal data on COVID-19 cases in nursing homes in addition to updated accountability measures.
The full data on nursing homes is expected to drop later this week, which is crucial for public reporting since an Arizona court ruled the state does not have to publicly release which nursing homes are...Arizona News
As Arizona prepares to reopen, precautions against a second surge hinge entirely upon testing and tracking the virus in order to contain its spread. In long term care facilities specifically, testing is critical to protect the elderly and vulnerable from contracting COVID-19 and spreading it within the care facility.
On Tuesday,...National News
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control released a striking report on antibiotic resistant threats. It claims that nearly 3 million such infections occur yearly in the US causing 35,000 deaths. This represents a 52% increase from the death toll stated in their previous report, published in 2013.
Almost half of those lives...News
Last Wednesday, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBS) posted a report finding that health will decline and costs will rapidly escalate for millennials over the next decade. This study draws a stark and surprising contrast with Generation X.
Analysts stated that the findings were both “interesting and concerning”
The...Arizona News
Arizona's worsening hepatitis A outbreak has turned fatal as state officials confirmed two deaths last week. The outbreak is a nationwide issue with more than 20 other states experiencing a widespread contraction of the contagious liver disease. In Arizona, health officials have confirmed 339 cases since the outbreak's inception in...Arizona News
Just this month a former head of sales for Phoenix-based Insys Therapeutics Alec Burlakoff, testified in a Boston federal court recounting directions he followed for years including: recruiting and bribing doctors to increase sales for Subsys. Burlakoff is the second to testify on the highly-addictive drug, following former CEO Michael...
