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Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill, Esther’s Law, that will allow patients in Ohio’s long-term care facilities to have cameras installed in their rooms.

A certified nursing assistant slammed a bathroom door against a Buffalo nursing home resident’s face causing the individual to collapse and suffer injuries that required hospital treatment.

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a package of legislation to help long-term care facilities and provide assistance to the long-term care system. Legislation (S.1783-A/A.6057-A) directs the commissioner of health to implement…

With the growing number of COVID-19 cases from the Omicron variant, and consistent with current understanding of the disease trajectory, CDC is releasing updated guidance for isolation and quarantine for…

Nursing homes and assisted living facilities in New Jersey must remain open to visitors during the holiday season under state and federal policies that were enacted before the fast-spreading omicron…

The US Attorney’s Office and the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights reached an agreement today with The Oaks, a skilled nursing facility in New…

The Occupational Safety and Health Act authorizes the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue subpoenas to request necessary documents as part of an OSHA inspection….

Single-use containers and packing peanuts made of polystyrene foam, commonly known as Styrofoam, will be banned in New York starting Jan. 1.

The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against Barnet Dulaney Perkins Eye Center PC (BDP), an optometry and ophthalmology medical provider, for discriminating against patients who, because of their disabilities,…

“OSHA is gratified the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard. OSHA can now once again…