In November 2020, one Italian care home created an ingenious solution to Covid's isolation: a "hugging room" where people could safely embrace through a plastic screen.

Despite the higher risk that the coronavirus poses to older adults, a surprisingly low share of nursing home staff and residents are up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations. Only six states are ...

A local hospital system has launched a new COVID-19 treatment program in an effort to keep its facilities from overcrowding. A new program at Duke University Health System aims to free up some beds in ...

The law, enacted last year, gave health care centers immunity from liability. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill Tuesday night repealing a law that protected health care facilities, including ...

Through the Diverse Care Project, Dudley aims to help Rochester’s underserved elderly residents and raise awareness about ...

BOSTON - More people are going to the emergency room these days with the flu and COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. So how do you know when you should go see a ...

A woman whose mother died from Covid in a care home in 2021 says the facilities were effectively left “unregulated” during ...