Nursing homes and their residents were on the front lines in the battle against COVID-19. But despite how vulnerable nursing home residents are to severe illness and death from the disease, most of ...

A 14-month program in Canadian long-term care facilities has found that floor swabs accurately detect a COVID-19 outbreak days before it is identified by staff members. Floor surfaces were sampled ...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo all but got away with murder this week when a federal judge tossed a lawsuit blaming his administration for thousands of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes, disgusted relatives ...

Analysis of data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that, from June 2020 through December 2021, nursing homes faced many separate COVID-19 outbreaks, with the average ...

A federal judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit accusing former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration of being responsible for the deaths of their loved ones in nursing homes during ...

A series of hurdles prevented the facilities from shielding older people, despite the best efforts of staff. Experts are calling for reforms before the next virus arrives. By Paula Span The first ...

Vaccination in nursing homes led to a decrease in hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 in the two years that followed the height of the pandemic, according to a report published Tuesday in ...

A new study that could have immediate implications for COVID-19 testing in schools found that with age-appropriate instructions, school-aged children can successfully use a nasal swab to obtain their ...

After a year of isolation, there's a push to open doors at long-term care homes. Before the coronavirus pandemic, Marcella Goheen would visit her husband at a nursing home every day. As an essential ...

Nationwide vaccination rates among nursing home staffers are lagging behind. When 28 residents in two Rochester, New York, nursing homes tested positive for COVID-19 last month, officials there saw ...