Vaccination in children, CNS medicines in older adults, FDA and mifepristone, and skilled nursing facilities trends

This week's topics include rates of vaccination in U.S. children, use of CNS active medicines in older adults, FDA regulation of mifepristone, and trends in skilled nursing facilities nationally.

Program notes:

0:38 Childhood vaccinations nationally

1:30 Across 45 states and DC

2:34 Level of vaccine protection

3:34 Professional societies stepping in

3:51 Skilled nursing facilities 

4:51 Estimated operating capacity

5:51 Backups into hospitals

6:51 Staffing not returned to pre-pandemic levels

7:35 Prescribing patterns of CNS active meds in older adults

8:36 Several classes of medication examined

9:36 Last line medications

9:50 Mifepristone regulation historically

10:50 Consistent findings on safety

11:50 FDA looking at REMS

12:50 End