Coronavirus / COVID-19

Two national vaccine mandates, including the one affecting most nursing home workers, are under attack and could face reversal.

Numerous areas, including two western states in particular, have seen a recent surge in COVID-19 cases among the elderly. California’s skilled nursing facilities have perhaps seen it the worst: a quintupling...

Congress appears to be ready to soften proposed Medicare physician pay cuts and might make its aid good for two years instead of one.

Let’s take a look at the risk COVID poses this holiday season and how long-term care facilities can protect seniors during this time. 

Opponents of the federal government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers are pursuing two fresh pathways to defeat it. Both challenges cite the pandemic’s current, less critical stage...

Despite the rising proportion of COVID-19 deaths attributed to seniors and the uncertainty of what the winter months might bring, optimism found its way into Monday’s LeadingAge coronavirus update call.

The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a six-week $475 million campaign to raise the COVID-19 vaccination rate among nursing home residents, and the sector’s leaders responded immediately with...

Staying away from groups when sick and improved ventilation — but not masking — are the way forward at this point in the pandemic, a noted epidemiologist and COVID-19 advisor told a nursing home group...

Lawsuits against nursing homes for allegedly failing to treat residents properly during the pandemic are more likely to be heard now in state and not federal courts. That’s one conclusion after the US...

Genesis Healthcare could be on the hook for millions of dollars in potential COVID-19 settlements, following a federal judge’s decision that the skilled nursing giant’s insurer does not have to cover...