NH Emergency order will let EMTs, qualified military members get temporary nursing assistant licenses to help in nursing homes
Emergency medical technicians and military members whose training has equipped them for work in nursing homes can work in long-term care facilities with temporary licenses, after Gov. Chris Sununu signed…
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CT Governor Commits an Additional $31.2M to Support Nursing Homes during COVID-19 Pandemic
Governor Ned Lamont announced December 30 that he is committing an additional $31.2 million, as well as continued support for COVID-19 recovery and alternate COVID recovery facilities, to support Connecticut’s…
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Alarming Number of US Healthcare Workers Are Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine
US healthcare workers are first in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine — but an alarming number across the country are refusing to do so. 1
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Seattle Children’s Hospital Loses Battle to Keep Mold Outbreak Records from Public
Seattle Children’s Hospital has lost a battle in its fight to keep public health records concerning mold infections from Puget Sound area journalists.
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Georgia nursing home forced to delay COVID-19 vaccinations due to virus outbreak at facility
More than 100 seniors and dozens of employees infected with COVID-19 at a Woodstock nursing home have learned that the important vaccine is now being delayed getting to them.
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Wisconsin health system: Worker deliberately spoiled vaccine
A Wisconsin health system said Wednesday that 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine that had to be discarded after they were left unrefrigerated now appear to have been deliberately spoiled by…
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Nursing Homes Hit Early Roadblocks in Massive Vaccine Campaign
Nursing homes and assisted living facilities across the country are facing difficult headwinds as they kick off a mass-vaccination campaign against the coronavirus.
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Residents in more than 100 Connecticut nursing homes have completed their first round of COVID-19 vaccine
More than 100 nursing homes are on track to complete the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations by the end of the year, putting the state’s goal of completing the first…
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ER Nurse Tests Positive for COVID-19 Eight Days after Receiving Vaccine
Health experts are weighing in after a California nurse tested positive for COVID-19 more than a week after receiving the Pfizer vaccine.
Read More »Nearly 500 doses of Covid-19 vaccine tossed out at WI clinic due to ‘human error’
Advocate Aurora Health said 50 vials, containing 500 doses, of the Moderna vaccine were removed from a pharmacy refrigerator overnight Saturday, Dec. 26 at the Aurora Medical Center in Grafton,…
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