FEDERAL UPDATE

CDC COVID-19 Study Shows mRNA Vaccines Reduce Risk of Infection by 91 Percent for Fully Vaccinated People
A new CDC study finds the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) reduce the risk of infection by 91 percent for fully vaccinated people. This adds to the growing body of real-world evidence of their effectiveness. Importantly, this study also is among the first to show that mRNA vaccination benefits people who get COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated (14 or more days after dose 2) or partially vaccinated (14 or more days after dose 1 to 13 days after dose 2). The findings come from four weeks of additional data collected in CDC’s HEROES-RECOVER study of health care workers, first responders, frontline workers, and other essential workers. These groups are more likely to be exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19 because of their occupations. Preliminary results from this study were first announced in March 2021.

LEADINGAGE KANSAS UPDATE

Join us This Friday for Our Weekly Webinar
This week’s presenter: David McDonnell, OSHA Compliance Assistance Specialist, will join us to discuss the COVID National Emphasis Program (NEP). Come prepared with your questions.

Make plans to join us each Friday at 10 AM. Register here.

LEADINGAGE NATIONAL UPDATE

Webinar on Monoclonal Antibody Treatment
On June 15th at 2:00 PM CT LeadingAge, AHCA, and AMDA are cosponsoring a webinar –  Update on the Use of Monoclonal Antibody (mAb) Therapies for COVID-19:A Review of New Treatments and At-Risk Populations. Leaders from the Federal COVID Response Team and three experts, including Paul Reinbold, Chief Medical Director of LeadingAge member ACTS Retirement Life Communities, will provide the latest clinical updates on mAbs for COVID-19, including a review of the new NIH guidelines and talk about the use of these treatments. Panelists will discuss their experiences with these treatments. The webinar is free. It will be hosted on the AHCA learning platform. You can register here. It will look like it has a cost, but when you check out the cost will be $0.

RESOURCES

Workplace Vaccinations and Incentives
Effective immediately, the American Hospital Association has launched the capability to bring vaccinations directly to people’s workplaces through their member hospitals. Employers can now email COVID19@aha.org, and your business will be connected with a local provider who can work with you to host an onsite pop-up clinic, and usually make it happen in a matter of days. Many states and many businesses have launched incentive programs, and anecdotal reports are emerging that many of these are working well.

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