Over the past several months while the coronavirus pandemic has raged on, one of the hardest hit sections of the U.S. population has been seniors living in nursing homes and other long-term care ...

A patchwork of state and U.S. recommendations has hampered efforts to devise a uniform policy, leading to disputes over whether insurers or employers should cover testing costs. Shikilia Davis, a ...

As Covid-19 cases rise again in nursing homes, a few states have begun requiring visitors to present proof that they’re not infected before entering facilities, stoking frustration and dismay among ...

California’s health department has issued new instructions to all skilled nursing facilities to test everybody in their facilities in hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, a move that ...

The test kits sit in nursing homes across the state, untouched. Unlike the standard molecular analysis tests used to detect COVID-19, these offer rapid results within minutes rather than days or ...

The Trump administration’s plan to provide every nursing home with a fast COVID-19 testing machine comes with an asterisk: The government won’t supply enough test kits to check staff and residents ...

Rep. Pat Billie Miller, (center) D-145, holds signs supporting health care workers at Golden Hill Rehab Pavilion in Milford with a group of Democratic State Senators and State Representatives Friday.

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HARRISBURG — Last week, under growing pressure to address the mounting death toll of seniors in Pennsylvania’s nursing homes, the Wolf administration announced a “robust universal testing strategy.” ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state will start an aggressive COVID-19 testing regime for its health employees who inspect nursing homes. The announcement came hours after ...