In an effort to help reduce the growing threat posed by multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its guidance on enhanced barrier precautions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Outside of communities seeing "high" levels of COVID-19 transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ended a ...

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 ...

COVID continues to menace nursing homes across the US. In a new report, the CDC found just 4 out of 10 nursing home residents have gotten an updated COVID shot since last fall. COVID-19 continues to ...

Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with COVID-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was. Hospital ...

Over 212 nursing home workers have died from COVID-19 infections since August, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data tracking infections and deaths among nursing home ...