https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/20/health/coronavirus-nursing-homes.html
An ‘Unprecedented’ Effort to Stop the Coronavirus in Nursing Homes
Researchers are testing an experimental drug to halt sudden outbreaks. The trial may bring a new type of treatment for the virus.
Heartland Health Care Center in Moline, Ill., was the first facility to participate in a large clinical trial of a drug that may protect residents from infection with the coronavirus.
Heartland Health Care Center in Moline, Ill., was the first facility to participate in a large clinical trial of a drug that may protect residents from infection with the coronavirus.Credit…Jordan Gale for The New York Times
Gina Kolata
By Gina Kolata
Aug. 20, 2020
Updated 11:30 a.m. ET
“Drug companies and the federal government often avoid testing drugs in older people, even if they are the ones who need treatment most…. Experts say the new research… is among the first large clinical trials to involve nursing home residents. And the scientists are delighted.”