No symptoms in 37% of COVID-19 nursing home patients, research finds
A study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases found that more than a quarter of the residents of a Chicago nursing home were infected with COVID-19, 37% of them never had…
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Kansas Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Fentanyl from Hospital
Julie Lynne Grant, 50, pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing fentanyl from a hospital pharmacy. Grant was a registered nurse who worked at the Hospital Corporation of America Midwest…
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Psychosis in Nursing Home Patients with Parkinson’s Disease
Psychosis in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common and important problem. It is a frequent cause of nursing home placement and is associated with a high mortality. The…
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Chinese Manufacturer Charged with Exporting Defective and Misbranded Masks Falsely Purporting to be KN95 Respirators
A Chinese manufacturer was charged with producing and exporting to the United States in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic over 140,000 misbranded and defective masks that falsely purported to…
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New Jersey Man Charged with Selling Phony Prescriptions
An employee of a Mount Holly, New Jersey, medical practice was arrested for allegedly selling fraudulent prescriptions for controlled substances. Jose Colon, 36, of Sicklerville, New Jersey, is charged by…
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Florida Boosts COVID-19 Testing for Long-Term Care Workers
Staff members at nursing homes and assisted living facilities will be required to be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks under a pair of emergency rules issued Wednesday by Gov….
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Former Tennessee Nurse Gives up License after State Investigation
Kelsey D. Lenihan, a former nurse at a Knoxville clinic, has agreed to give up her license and multi-state privileges after a state investigation found she’d forged a doctor’s name…
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Massachusetts Registered Nurse Charged with Drug Diversion
Marietta Strickland, 61, a Dighton registered nurse, was charged by information with one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically the Schedule II controlled substance oxycodone, which is used…
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Is There a Link between Nursing Home Reported Quality and COVID-19 Cases? Evidence from California Skilled Nursing Facilities
During the COVID-19 outbreak in the US, nursing homes became the hotbed for the spread of COVID-19.
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Man Missing for a Month Found Dead inside Massachusetts VA Hospital
A missing man was found dead June 12 at the Bedford VA Hospital.
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