Patrick Schwartz News Today

State GOP leaders say Kentuckians charged in connection to the riot at the U.S. Capitol have been wrongfully detained. Experts disagree and court records show scope of violence.

In a shift, Medicaid would pay for private rooms for nursing home residents under budget rules.

MASON, Ohio, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Link-age Solutions, the group purchasing organization (GPO) of the three interconnected companies of Li...

At Auglaize Acres, more than 81% of the nursing home’s patients are vaccinated against COVID-19, compared to less than 30% of the caregivers, federal data shows.

Definitive answers are unavailable as to why a health care workforce, so familiar with the toils of COVID-19, would refrain from vaccination while caring for a population that bears a high risk of complications. The Ohio Capital Journal reached out to 10 administrators for facilities where less than 33% of the staff members are vaccinated. Eight could not be reached, and one declined comment.

The proposed budget has a repeal of the state's Special Focus Facility program.

The Ohio Senate's version of the proposed state budget would repeal the state's Special Focus Facility program, which provides additional oversight for troubled nursing facilities.

Ohio Capital Journal Sponsor compares requesting proof of vaccination to Holocaust With demand for the COVID-19 vaccine in a recent slump, Ohio Republicans launched a pre-emptive strike Tuesday that would preclude a wide range of schools, businesses, and employers from mandating vaccinations. Rep. Jennifer Gross, R-West Chester, presented House Bill 248, the “Enact Vaccine Choice and Anti-Discrimination Act” to the House Health Committee for its first hearing. It’s one of two ...

Businesses, schools, hospitals weighing decisions on upcoming mask rules rollback

More than a year into the novel coronavirus pandemic, we arent certain how many Ohio nursing home workers died of COVID-19. COVID-19 made working in a nursing home one of the deadliest jobs in America, according to an analysis of federal data by Scientific American magazine. Nursing home staffers had a higher death rate in 2020 than logging workers did in 2019, Scientific American found. The only group that had a higher death rate in 2019 were fishers. “It just leaves me speechless,”...