Category Archives: Coronavirus

Importance of COVID-19 Vaccination for Residents of Long-term Care Facilities

Vaccinating LTCF residents will save lives. Making sure LTCF residents can receive COVID-19 vaccination as soon as vaccines are available will help save the lives of those who are most at risk of dying from COVID-19. According to ACIP’s recommendations, long-term care facility residents include adults who reside in facilities that provide a range of…read more »

The Importance of COVID-19 Vaccination for Healthcare Personnel

Based on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), an independent panel of medical and public health experts, CDC recommends healthcare personnel be among those offered the first doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Healthcare personnel include all paid and unpaid persons serving in healthcare settings who have the potential for direct or indirect exposure…read more »

It’s not Telepathy; It’s Telepathology

Telepathology allows CDC pathologists and their partners at health departments and elsewhere to collaborate closely while teleworking at a distance during COVID-19. Telepathology has also sped up their collaboration.read more »