Walgreens Begins Administration of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine in Long-Term Care Facilities

Walgreens Begins Administration of Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine in Long-Term Care Facilities | site |



Walgreens Plans to Administer the Vaccine to Approximately 3 Million Residents and Staff in 35,000 Long-Term Care Facilities as Part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Program


(Information contained in Walgreens press release dated: December 18, 2020)

Deerfield, Ill., December 18, 2020 - Today Walgreens began administering Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to residents and staff at long-term care facilities in a monumental first in the company’s 119-year history. Pharmacists are providing the vaccinations at nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Ohio and Connecticut as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Pharmacy Partnership for Long-term Care Program. Walgreens pharmacy team members will provide COVID-19 vaccinations in approximately 800 long-term care facilities across 12 s...

CVS Health begins Administering COVID-19 Vaccines in Long-term Care Facilities | site |


CVS Health says "Majority of facilities nationwide have selected CVS Pharmacy as vaccination provider"


(Information contained in CVS Health press release: December 21, 2020) Woonsocket, R.I. — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) has formally launched its COVID-19 vaccination program for long-term care facilities, whose residents have been disproportionality impacted by the pandemic. CVS Pharmacy teams will administer the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in facilities across 12 states this week, and the company expects to vaccinate up to four million residents and staff at over 40,000 long-term care facilities through the program. "Today's rollout is the culmination of months of internal planning and demonstrates how the private sector can use its expertise to help solve some of our most critical challenges," said Larry J. Merlo, President and Chief Executive Off...

American Medical Association CEO says "COVID-19 is a Painful Validation of Our Long-term Vision for Health Care" | site |





(Information contained in American Medical Association [AMA] press release: November 13, 2020)

AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD In his address to the House of Delegates at the American Medical Association (AMA) November Special Meeting, AMA CEO James L. Madara, MD, highlights how the AMA has supported physicians during the pandemic and how COVID-19 is a painful validation of the organization’s long-term strategic vision for health care.

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Boeing Forecasts Long-term Resilience and Return to Growth for Middle East Aviation Sector | site |



2020 Commercial Market Outlook projects the region will require nearly 3,000 new airplanes valued at $685 billion to support demand through 2039

Middle East passenger traffic growth projected to grow by 4.3% per year, above 4% global average

Long-term demand for commercial services worth $725 billion


(November 18, 2020) - - Today the Boeing Company published the following information: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 18, 2020 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] anticipates demand for 2,945 new airplanes in the Middle East valued at $685 billion over the next two decades, as the industry recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic in the medium and long term. The projection is part of Boeing’s 2020 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO), an annual forecast of 20-year demand for commercial airplanes and services. The 2020 CMO reflects t...

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Releases Toolkit to Accelerate State Efforts to Rebalance Long-term Care Systems and Enhance Home and Community-Based Services for Eligible Medicaid Beneficiaries | site |



(November 2, 2020) - - Today, November 2, 2020, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services published the following information: The Trump Administration and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are delivering on their commitment to foster innovation in Medicaid by providing states with new tools to help beneficiaries return home from institutional settings without sacrificing safety or quality of care. Today, CMS launched a new toolkit designed for state Medicaid agencies to strengthen their infrastructure and develop robust home and community-based services (HCBS) for eligible beneficiaries. This toolkit is the latest in a series of CMS efforts to promote high quality, person-centered HCBS to safely transition older adults and individ...

Scientists say Surface of the Moon has too much Radiation for long-term Human Stay | site |



They suggest that humans would need to find safety under the surface of the Moon


October 1, 2020 - - In a recently published article, Kiel University scientists contend that scientific measurements indicate that the surface of the Moon has too much radiation for long-term human habitation. They postulate that locations under the moon's surface would best protect humans from the excessive radiation exposure.

The scientists further observe that the moon does not have an atmosphere such as the Earth has. They say the Earth's atmosphere helps protect human beings from excessive radiation exposure.

A news release published by EurekAlert discusses the findings....

Department of Veterans Affairs and Partner Organizations Launch Innovative Approach Using Long-term Employment to Improve Lives of Veterans with PTSD

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Washington, DC - - (October 3, 2018) - - With research showing that Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) face significant barriers to employment, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and several state, city and nonprofit organizations recently created a first-of-its-kind “Pay for-Success” project to improve employment outcomes for such Veterans. The Veterans Coordinated Approach to Recovery and Employment (Veterans CARE) project was launched Oct. 3 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Boston, New York City partners and the nonprofit organization Social Finance, which stemmed from VA’s grant award to the organization, and will serve 480 Veterans over three years in New York City; Boston and Brockton, M...