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A deadly fungal virus known as candida auris,has been discovered at a nursing home in Kensington, according to reports.

A nursing assistant is accused of sexually assaulting four older patients at healthcare facilities where he worked over the past three years, according to police.

Boston — A Tewksbury woman was charged in federal court in Boston with diverting morphine while employed as a nurse in the hospice unit at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical…

The family of an Albany woman who died after allegedly contracting scabies at a Eugene nursing home is seeking up to $1.2 million in a wrongful death, negligence lawsuit. 

The US Attorney’s Office reached an agreement with Athena Health Care Systems (Athena), operator of 16 skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts, to resolve allegations that they violated the Americans with…

Prosecutors have formally charged four ex-employees of a Florida nursing home where a power outage after a hurricane led to 12 residents’ deaths.

Kettering police are investigating an alleged sexual assault of a paralyzed patient at the Heartland of Kettering nursing facility.

The outpatient area of C.R. Wood Cancer Center at Glens Falls Hospital was “restricted” September 13 because of bedbug contamination.

Raymond Leiendecker, 45, is in custody after authorities said he crashed his pickup truck into an Ohio hospital September 13, killing an employee.

The Office of Michigan Attorney General filed objections in a St. Clair County probate case after Lisa Tramski, a nursing home leasing agent who became a guardian, convinced an 85-year-old…