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 ...

The spread of COVID-19 has added pressure to the home health care industry, which more than 10 million Americans rely on for assistance.

For much of last year, the Los Angeles Jewish Home had relatively few COVID-19 cases, evading the pandemic’s hefty toll on long-term care residents in Southern California.

An outbreak of coronavirus in a nursing home near Seattle is prompting urgent calls for precautionary tactics at America’s elder care facilities, where residents are at heightened risk of ...

A large-scale study of older adults found that severe COVID-19 infections requiring hospitalizations are associated with accelerated cognitive decline. Milder cases that do not require hospital care ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted full approval on Thursday to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children, making it the first COVID shot for kids aged 6 months to 11 years old that is ...

Nursing homes risk another wave of covid deaths as vaccinations lag White House urges long-term-care operators to speed up new booster shots for residents ...

With the end of the public health emergency, nursing homes now may relax many precautions against COVID. Where does the pandemic stand now in nursing homes.

Nursing aides feel abandoned as they grapple with mental and physical troubles that stem from their work during the COVID outbreak.

Tim Walz described his decision as Minnesota's Governor to allow Covid patients into nursing homes as "not a mistake" - despite 81% of the state's coronavirus deaths occurring in the facilities at ...

The spread of coronavirus disease to a skilled nursing facility in Washington state underscores the risk the deadly new virus poses in elder care facilities, where illnesses caused by more common ...