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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Texas leaders urge nursing facilities to make use of monoclonal antibody therapies
Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of State Health Services are alerting nursing facilities to the availability of monoclonal antibody therapies that can be used to treat residents who…
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States Could Do More to Oversee Spending and Contain Medicaid Costs for Specialty Drugs
States reported limited oversight of their Medicaid managed care organizations’ (MCO) management of specialty drug categorization and spending. Twenty-four States reported that they were not aware of all the cost…
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Wisconsin to Expand Testing for Assisted Living Facilities
Governor Tony Evers and the Department of Health Services (DHS) announced expanded testing for Wisconsin’s assisted living facilities. The new program allows community-based residential facilities and adult family homes to…
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