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There was no scientific advice to test discharged patients at Covid's start, an ex-minister says.
A public health agency official has told the UK Covid-19 inquiry that visiting in care homes during the pandemic was about "managing risk". Heather Reid, the interim director of Nursing, Midwifery and ...
Nursing homes that allowed visitors during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic did not see higher infection rates, even during one of its most dangerous phases, academic researchers conclude in a ...
The High Court ruled in 2022 that government policies on discharging hospital patients into care homes at the start of the pandemic were ‘unlawful’ ...
Matt Hancock's 'belligerent' defence of the Government's support for care homes during the Covid-19 pandemic has come under fire ...
The UK Covid Inquiry will this week look at the impact of the pandemic on care homes and the agony felt by ­residents and ...
Recently, the Covid strain XFG – nicknamed “Stratus”– became the dominant variant in the UK. Before then, the “Nimbus” strain ...
The Alberta government continues to face fierce opposition to plans that will reduce access to publicly funded COVID-19 vaccines in the province.
Discharging patients from hospitals to care homes in the early stages of the coronavirus ... This was despite growing awareness of the risks of people without Covid-19 symptoms being able to spread ...
At least 16 CCRCs have filed for bankruptcy since 2020, impacting over 1,000 families and wiping out more than $190 million ...
NY auditors revealed state health officials failed to conduct timely adult care facility inspections and left critical problems unaddressed.
New research finds that nearly half of the racial and ethnic disparities in outpatient COVID-19 antiviral prescriptions stem ...