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Patients undergoing long-term dialysis were more than five times likelier to be infected with COVID-19 and nearly four times as likely to die than the general population, suggesting that they…

A new study on COVID-19 among nursing home residents and staff found that the cases decreased at a faster rate among both groups after the first vaccine clinic took place…

The 95-year-old man accused of killing a maintenance worker at his nursing home in Lafayette on Wednesday admitted to police that he shot the victim, according to an arrest warrant…

There’s another bill to limit some of the state’s anti-COVID restrictions — but this one has the state health department’s support.

Governor Laura Kelly announced legislation on February 1, 2021, to expand Medicaid (Kancare) and provide health insurance for 165,000 Kansans. The legislation also establishes a regulatory framework to make Kansas…

Some residents at five long-term care facilities in Northeast Ohio will have to be revaccinated after it was determined that some doses of COVID vaccine may not have been stored…

While residents of nursing homes and their caregivers have been considered a top priority for COVID-19 vaccination, only 38% of nursing home staff accepted shots when they were offered, new…

During a chaotic vaccine rollout, this might have been one of the wildest scenes yet: After a freezer failed at a nearby medical center, nurses, firefighters and volunteers scurried throughout…

A mechanical explosion caused damage to several floors at BridgePoint Hospital Capitol Hill in Northeast DC Thursday afternoon, DC Fire and EMS said.