Workers at a Southeast Portland nursing home that has now reported 14 coronavirus deaths failed to wash their hands, got only one mask per shift and weren’t trained on how to control the spread of infection, the state said Thursday.Healthcare at Foster Creek has become the site of the largest known cluster of coronavirus cases…
The New Jersey nursing home where at least 18 bodies were discovered this week had a history of alleged violations and poor reviews before COVID-19 devastated its residents.Andover Township authorities first started investigating the home on Sunday after complaints from family members, the New Jersey Herald reported. More bodies were discovered on the premises the…
The new coronavirus caused nearly two dozen residents of a Pinellas County nursing home to be taken to local hospitals Tuesday night. The reason? Most tested positive for the virus and all had been presumed positive. Freedom Square Seminole Nursing Pavilion in Seminole sent seven patients each to Morton Plant Hospital, Largo Medical Center and…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A nursing home in California is now under investigation after at least 13 people died from coronavirus there and dozens were sickened.The Alameda County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday it opened a probe into the Gateway Rehabilitation and Care Center in Hayward, Calif.,…
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U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…