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A man on Monday shot his wife before fatally shooting himself during an appointment inside a west Houston medical office, according to the Houston Police Department.

Hillrom, a medical device maker based in Chicago, has recalled its patient overhead lift device after multiple reports of serious injuries and two patient deaths.

For the first time in nearly a year, family and friends of nursing home residents will be able to visit their loved ones indoors, state officials announced Wednesday.

Seven weeks after the speedy vaccine rollout across US long term care communities, CMS data unequivocally show that new infections in skilled nursing facilities have been, continue to be, and…

A Tennessee bill, HB13/SB187, aiming to prohibit government from mandating COVID-19 immunization passed the House Health Subcommittee Wednesday — but not without compromises. Read more here.

Diesel fuel leaking from a storage tank at a Washington, Illinois senior care facility forced its partial evacuation after Christmas and has polluted its area’s grounds, city storm sewers, and…

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced sweeping nursing home reform legislation to increase transparency, hold nursing home operators accountable for misconduct and help ensure facilities are prioritizing patient care over profits…

Power and water outages across Texas have spawned a fresh crisis for long-term-care facilities still reeling from COVID and underscored longstanding weaknesses in these facilities’ emergency planning.

The Wolf Administration provided an update on Pennsylvania’s progress administering COVID-19 vaccines to residents and staff of long-term and congregate care facilities eligible in Phase 1A. To date, more than…