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When the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved biotechnology firm Biogen’s drug for Alzheimer’s disease in June, regulators hoped to usher in a new era of treatment for the…

Positive COVID-19 test results were more than 10 times more common among unvaccinated, asymptomatic healthcare professionals (HCP) in Veterans Health Administration (VHA) long-term care facilities than among their fully vaccinated…

A bill in the Ohio House would provide nursing homes $300 million in coronavirus relief money, with no guardrails around how it would get spent.

World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Friday, November 12, that they were hoping to convene a meeting soon to set guidelines on the use of COVID-19 antiviral pills, saying…

The Missouri health department is giving nursing homes a legal pathway to temporarily shut down if they face staffing shortages because of a new mandate from President Joe Biden’s administration…

Even though most COVID-19 cases come from exposure to airborne coronavirus, a new study points to the importance of surfaces as a reservoir of risk in nursing homes — especially…

A study from the University of Missouri found that virtual care reduced stress for residents and increased access to services, but it also worsened social isolation and caused confusion among…

After the first of three COVID-19 vaccination clinics in US nursing homes (NHs), the median vaccination coverage of staff was 37.5%, indicating the need to identify strategies to increase staff…

The COVID-19 pandemic caused nursing homes to rapidly change their policies overnight, and telehealth was instantly adopted widely in an effort to reduce stress on the healthcare system by keeping…