Deaths in Nursing Homes during the COVID-19 Pandemic—Lessons from Japan
To date, 35% of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths in the United States have occurred among nursing home populations, compared with 14% in Japan.
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One Person in Serious Condition, Nine Others Taken to Hospital after TX Nursing Home Fire
One man is in serious condition and four residents and five staff from a Texas nursing home were taken to the hospital after a structure fire early Tuesday afternoon.
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Florida House to take up bill to protect nursing homes, hospitals from COVID-19 lawsuits
After the Senate started moving forward with the controversial issue, a House committee this week will take up a bill that would help shield nursing homes, hospitals, and physicians from…
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Lawsuit: ‘Negligent’ care led to fatal fall of New York nursing home resident
When a dementia resident at a troubled Delaware Avenue nursing home escaped through a third-story window and fell 34 feet, his dying request was that someone hold his hand, a…
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Gov. Cuomo, facing nursing home controversy, endorses capping how much nursing homes can profit
Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent most of his COVID-19 briefing Monday defending his administration’s handling of nursing homes, but, amid growing scrutiny over his own actions, he also for the first…
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Counterfeit N95 Scam Widens as Senator Demands FTC Investigation
A key US senator is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate N95 mask fraud and federal agents announced the seizure of 1.7 million more counterfeit 3M masks in…
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Suspect, 95, Charged with Murder in Colorado Assisted Living Shooting
A 95-year-old resident of an assisted living facility accused of shooting and killing a maintenance worker has been charged with first-degree murder.
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Health Workers and Hospitals Grapple with Millions of Counterfeit N95 Masks
Thousands of counterfeit 3M respirators have slipped past U.S. investigators in recent months, making it to the cheeks and chins of healthcare workers and perplexing experts who say their quality…
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Ohio to Give Nursing Home Workers Second Chance at Vaccine
Nursing home workers who declined the coronavirus vaccine during the first round of shots will be given another opportunity to take it, Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday as he outlined…
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One Dead, Four Injured in Shooting at Minnesota Health Clinic
A 67-year-old man unhappy with the healthcare he’d received opened fire at a clinic Tuesday, killing one person and wounding four others, and bomb technicians were investigating a suspicious device…
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