Chicago hospital loses phone, internet access for 24+ hours
Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago experienced more than a day of internet and phone system downtime last week after a car crash cut out service, according to a July 3…
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Coronavirus Crisis Disrupts Treatment for Another Epidemic: Addiction
Drug rehabs around the country — including in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and Florida — have experienced flare-ups of the coronavirus or COVID-related financial difficulties that have forced them to…
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Pennsylvania nursing home employee fired after video shows hot drink thrown in elderly woman’s face
A nursing home in Dauphin County fired an employee after they say a video posted on Facebook showed misconduct by the employee.
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Japan Floods Leave up to 34 Dead, Many at Nursing Homes
Deep floodwaters and the risk of more mudslides that left at least 34 people confirmed or presumed dead hampered search and rescue operations Sunday in southern Japan, including at elderly…
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RI Nursing Homes Defend Coronavirus Care after Challenge by Governor
A trade association that represents most of the nursing homes in Rhode Island is defending their care during the coronavirus pandemic after Governor Gina Raimondo challenged nursing homes during an…
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Troubled Pennsylvania Nursing Home Sued over Housekeeper’s COVID-19 Death
The family of a woman who died of COVID-19 while working at a Pennsylvania nursing home that struggled to cope with the virus outbreak filed a wrongful death lawsuit against…
Read More »Update: 2,022 Ohio Nursing Home Patients Have Died with Coronavirus
The count of patients from nursing homes and other long-term care facilities who have died with coronavirus is now at least 2,022, according to updated information released Wednesday night by…
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Illinois woman accused of pushing nursing home employees, damaging door after being denied entry due to COVID-19
Maria L. Zullo, 40, of Chicago, was charged with battery and criminal damage to property on June 23 following an alleged incident at a Chicago-area nursing home, police said.
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New Strain of Flu Found in China Has Potential to Become a Pandemic, Scientists Warn
Scientists have identified a new strain of flu carried by pigs in China that they say has the potential to become a pandemic.
Read More »NCDHHS Launches Testing Initiative for Nursing Homes
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) will partner with Omnicare, a CVS Health company, to make facility-wide testing available to residents and staff in all North…
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