NJ Nursing Home Barred from Taking in Residents over COVID Outbreak
A New Jersey nursing home has been barred from accepting new residents after more than three-quarters of them got infected with the coronavirus.
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US Department of Labor’s OSHA Announces $2,025,431 in Coronavirus Violations
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic through Oct. 22, 2020, the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited 144 establishments for violations relating to…
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Patient Accused of Groping Nurse at Staten Island University Hospital
A 43-year-old man groped a nurse and grabbed her cell phone inside Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze, authorities allege.
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Hundreds of Missouri Nursing Homes Left in the Lurch after Regulators Penalize Testing Lab
Missouri nursing homes are scrambling to find labs to perform COVID-19 and other diagnostic tests after federal regulators suspended the lab licenses of a Missouri-based company that serves hundreds of…
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Medicare Will Fine Half of US Hospitals for Readmitting too Many Patients Pre-COVID
Nearly half the nation’s hospitals, many of which are still wrestling with the financial fallout of the unexpected coronavirus, will get lower payments for all Medicare patients because of their…
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80-Year-Old Man Fatally Shoots Wife, Himself at Virginia Hospital
An 80-year-old man shot and killed his 76-year-old wife inside of her hospital room at about 9:15 a.m. October 30 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, according to the sheriff’s department.
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Massive Fine for TX Nursing Home Housing COVID Patients
An east San Antonio nursing home designated earlier this year to house elderly COVID-19 patients has been hit with a massive fine from the state after investigators this summer said…
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Ransomware Activity Targeting the Healthcare and Public Health Sector
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have coauthored a joint cybersecurity advisory which describes…
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Nurses Are at High Risk for COVID among Health Workers, CDC Says
Among healthcare workers, nurses in particular have been at significant risk of contracting Covid-19, according to a new analysis of hospitalized patients by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Miami nurse sues doctor, says he ‘deliberately’ infected her with COVID-19
A Miami-Dade nurse practitioner and mother of a 2-year-old said she was deliberately exposed to COVID-19 by a Miami physician at their place of work.
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