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A study of Veterans Administration (VA) long-term care facilities (LTCFs) has found that active surveillance and use of contact precautions had no impact on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) acquisition and…

A Valley group home that took in former Hacienda patients is facing its own controversy.

In a stark reversal of a prior decision, state health officials have filed medical discipline charges against a former Vanderbilt nurse who accidentally gave a patient a fatal dose of…

Water was immediately shut off at a hospital in west Las Vegas after a positive culture of Legionella was detected on Oct. 2. 

Nearly 100 nursing homes and assisted living facilities were evacuated along Florida’s East Coast ahead of Hurricane Dorian. 

A power line struck by a delivery truck at the Avantara North Skilled Nursing Facility caused a utility pole to break and fall down, damaging the surrounding area.

Two government health departments are investigating a Macomb County hospital after several cases of Legionnaires’ disease were reported.

Worcester, MA — Looking at the website for the Parsons Hill Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Worcester, you might think the facility is just a nursing home. 

Madison, Ala. — A small fire broke out in the kitchen at Madison Manor nursing home Tuesday night. Madison Fire and Rescue officials say that the nursing staff and the…