Suspect in Custody after Bathroom Standoff with NYPD at Hospital
An armed suspect who had barricaded inside a bathroom in the emergency room of Sloan Kettering Hospital has been taken into police custody, according to police.
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No Surveillance Cameras in MI Nursing Home Rooms after Governor Pocket Veto
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer opted not to sign Senate Bill 77, which would have allowed nursing home residents to install surveillance cameras in their own rooms.
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Most NC Nursing Home Workers Are Refusing COVID Vaccine
North Carolina’s top public health official said Tuesday that most nursing home workers are refusing to take coronavirus vaccines being offered in a state that has now become one of…
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Houston hospital system is offering its employees a $500 bonus if they get Covid-19 vaccine
Houston Methodist, a Texas hospital system with more than 26,000 employees, is offering a $500 bonus to workers if they get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
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EEOC Announces Extension of Act Mediation Pilot
The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it was extending the pilot program that expanded opportunities to voluntarily resolve charges through mediation through Sept. 30, 2021. “The ACT…
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More Than Half of Ohio’s Nursing Home Staff Refusing Vaccine as First Round Is Nearly Over
Now that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are finally in the hands of medical professionals ready to vaccinate as many high-risk people as possible, more than half of Ohio’s nursing…
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LA County Paramedics Told Not to Transport Some Patients with Low Chance of Survival
Paramedics in Southern California are being told to conserve oxygen and not to bring patients to the hospital who have little chance of survival as Los Angeles County grapples with…
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Freezer Failure at CA Medical Center Forces Emergency Mass Vaccine Distribution
A power failure for the freezer holding the county’s ration of the Moderna vaccines forced an emergency distribution of 850 doses of that vaccine January 4 in Ukiah.
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Family Sues over Cold Weather Death of Georgia Man Who Left Madison Veterans Hospital
The family of a Georgia veteran who died in Madison nearly three years ago when he wandered away from the Veterans Hospital in bitterly cold temperatures filed a lawsuit Tuesday…
Read More »Belgian St. Nick Party for Elderly Leads to 27 Virus Deaths
Authorities in Belgium say a 27th elderly person has died in an outbreak at a nursing home from a super-spreading St. Nick party last month but they hope the situation…
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