Nursing home residents vaccinated against COVID-19 can get hugs again from their loved ones, and all residents may enjoy more indoor visits, the government said Wednesday in a step toward pre-pandemic normalcy.
The day before Donald Trump left the White House, his administration dealt one final, brutal blow to some of America's most vulnerable patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced a policy that, if implemented, will put numerous lifesaving drugs off-limits to Medicare recipients.
Report links controversial nursing home directive to COVID-19 deaths
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1of9Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo provides a coronavirus update from the Red Room on Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (Mike Groll/Office of the Governor)Mike Groll/Mike Groll/Office of Governor Andrew M. CuomoShow MoreShow Less
2of9Rensselaer County Executive Steve McLaughlin delivers an update on the county s ongoing coronavirus response on Thursday, April 16, 2020, at the Rensselaer County Office Building in Troy, N.Y. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will WaldronShow MoreShow Less
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4of9Entry sign for Van Rensselaer Manor on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, in North Greenbush, N.Y. Rensselaer County officials refused to let a state Health Department inspection team into the county nursing home Wednesday saying the inspectors wouldn?•t provide proof they had tested negative for COVID-19. (Will Waldron/Times Union)Will Waldron/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less