CDC greenlights advisory group’s decision to recommend Pfizer vaccine for use | The Washington Post
The public health agency has prioritized first doses for health-care workers and residents of long-term care facilities
Covid-19: F.D.A. Clears Pfizer Vaccine and Millions of Doses Will Be Shipped Right Away | New York Times
The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday, clearing the way for millions of highly vulnerable people to begin receiving the vaccine within days.
Covid-19 And The Future Of Aging: Housing Prospects | Forbes
Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging: The pandemic has brought the shortfalls of our housing and care systems for older adults into stark relief. What lessons can we draw about the type of housing or services that can better integrate and support older adults?
What seniors can expect when Covid-19 vaccines become available | CNN Health
Vaccines that protect against Covid-19 are on the way. What should older adults expect?
The first candidates, from Pfizer and Moderna, could arrive before Christmas, according to Alex Azar, who heads the US Department of Health and Human Services. Both vaccines are notably effective in preventing illness due to the coronavirus, according to information released by the companies, although much of the data from clinical trials is still to come. Both have been tested in adults age 65 and older, who mounted a strong immune response.
Senator Tom Harkin On The Future Of Disability Inclusion | Forbes
Its time to end the mass exclusion of 15% of the global population with a disability. This mass exclusion can not be left to Governments and charities alone, it needs the most powerful force on the planet, business leadership. CEOs make choices and choices create cultures.
The Next Wave of Disability Law | The Regulatory Review
The 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)—called the “emancipation proclamation” for people with disabilities—could not come at a more critical and opportune time in American history. Disability rights issues have assumed a dominant position in the 24-hour news cycle, even if not specifically labeled as such. Headline after headline implicates disability rights: COVID-19 health care rationing, curbside voting, natural disasters such as the California wildfires, ongoing legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, the deaths of people of color with disabilities from police violence, and Harvey Weinstein’s walker.
New Fellowship to Develop Next Generation of Developmental Disability Nursing Experts | PRNewswire
The Golisano Institute for Developmental Disability Nursing at St. John Fisher College will launch a new fellowship program to develop nursing thought leaders who support and promote the health and wellbeing of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Aging Parents And Holidays: Safety Over Comfort? | Forbes
This is the strangest holiday season of a lifetime, isn’t it? We get warnings about not visiting during holidays of all kinds and the rates of infection keep going up. Given that it’s inarguable now that the rates of infection by Covid-19, hospitalizations and ICU admissions are worse that ever, we have to consider the painful question before us: is it worse to visit our elders this season or is it worse to stay away?
Covid and disability: ‘I’ve lost two stone because I can’t get food’ | BBC News
On an average day before the pandemic, Dr Caroline Gould said it would take a 200-mile round trip to acquire all the groceries needed for her bespoke diet. A resident of Broadford on the Isle of Skye, Caroline has a severe form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which means her body lacks collagen and her joints are prone to dislocating. She last counted between 40 and 50 dislocations in one day. To manage the condition, Caroline keeps to a very strict diet and buys food from a number of different shops around the island – a routine that has been significantly disrupted throughout the pandemic.
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