With $4.9M from the CDC, Brown researchers to study COVID vaccine effectiveness in seniors
To address the pressing issue of diminishing immunity among older adults to COVID-19 as well to vaccines designed to protect against the virus, a $4.9 million award from the US…
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Rochester Man, 83, Fatally Shoots Lifelong Partner, 89, in Nursing Home Murder-Suicide
A couple died on Saturday morning in an apparent murder-suicide at a nursing home in Rochester, New York, according to local authorities.
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HHS Announces the Availability of $25.5 Billion in COVID-19 Provider Funding
The Biden-Harris Administration announced today that the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is making $25.5 billion in new funding…
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Estimates of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths among Nursing Home Residents Not Reported in Federal Data
Federal data underestimate the impact of COVID-19 on US nursing homes because federal reporting guidelines did not require facilities to report case and death data until the week ending May…
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County in New York Pausing Nursing Home Admissions; to Sue State over Vaccination Rule
Cattaraugus County’s two nursing homes have temporarily paused accepting new admissions because officials are afraid of the impact of a state Health Department directive requiring employees to be vaccinated against…
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MA Hospital Faces Class Action Suit after Paying Ransomware Attackers
A Massachusetts-based hospital is facing a class action lawsuit after a ransomware attack in February that impacted over 35,000 individuals and put personally identifiable information (PII) in jeopardy.
Read More »CDC Warns against Off-Label Use of COVID Vaccine
Some Americans are already lining up for COVID-19 booster shots, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that administering doses of the vaccine in ways that aren’t…
Read More »Problem with nursing-home evacuation was execution, not plan itself: Louisiana health officials
The ghastly problems that festered after residents of seven New Orleans-area nursing homes were evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish had less to do with the emergency plan itself…
Read More »Six Dead after Nursing Home Residents Evacuated To Louisiana Warehouse
Six people are now confirmed dead after nursing home residents were evacuated to a warehouse in Tangipahoa Parish to ride out Hurricane Ida.
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Former nurse pleads guilty to sexually assaulting incapacitated woman who later gave birth in Arizona
A former nurse in Arizona pleaded guilty to two felony charges for abusing and sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman who later gave birth, according to the Maricopa County attorney.
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