Coronavirus is rapidly spreading in Texas nursing homes, state figures show

Younger Americans have been driving the recent coronavirus surge in Texas — but the virus is now also rapidly spreading in the state’s nursing homes, threatening elderly, frail residents who…

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A Florida Nurse Stole Patients’ Pain Meds and Took Them Herself

A registered nurse admitted checking out drugs for hospital patients, then taking them herself, the Florida Department of Health and Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Former VA Hospital Nursing Assistant Admits to Murdering 7 Veterans and Assault with Intent to Commit Murder of an 8th

A former nursing assistant pled guilty in federal court to murder and assault charges in the deaths of eight veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Clarksburg, West…

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Retired Wisconsin Physician to Pay $70,000 to Resolve Controlled Substance Prescribing & Recordkeeping Violations

Clifford T. Bowe, M.D., a retired Cadott, Wisconsin physician, entered into a settlement agreement to pay $70,000 to resolve civil allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) relating…

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NY Nursing Home Coronavirus Flare-Up Came after Quarantined Aide Allegedly Ordered Back to Work

A recent coronavirus outbreak at a nursing home in Albany began around the time a nurse’s aide who was in quarantine after traveling out of state allegedly was ordered to…

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AL Governor Awards $18.27 Million for Coronavirus Testing for Alabama Nursing Homes

Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday awarded $18.27 million of the Coronavirus Relief Fund to provide baseline testing for coronavirus and proactive surveillance of the virus for healthcare personnel and residents…

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Lawsuits after Ransomware Incidents: The Trend Continues

A lawsuit seeking damages as well as security mandates has been filed against a Florida-based orthopedic group in the wake of a ransomware incident.

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NJ Board of Nursing Suspends Certification of Home Health Aide Charged with Criminal Sexual Contact at ALF

The Division of Consumer Affairs announced the temporary suspension of a certified homemaker-home health aide (“CHHA”) charged with aggravated criminal sexual contact against an 84-year-old patient at an Ocean County…

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Man Who Shot Firearm inside West Palm Beach VA Medical Center Committed to 25 Years in Custody

Federal district judge Kenneth A. Marra committed a man who fired gunshots inside a West Palm Beach VA Medical Center to the custody of the US Attorney General for 25…

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Police Fatally Shoot Gunman at VA Hospital in Milwaukee

A man armed with a shotgun was killed by police as he tried to enter a Milwaukee veterans’ hospital, according to Department of Veterans Affairs officials.

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