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More than a year into the novel coronavirus pandemic, we aren't 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,” said Meghan Finegan, assistant communications director for Service Employees International Union, ...

The new guidelines from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services represent another milestone in the path to getting back to normal, experts say.

Visits resume for Ohio nursing home residents vaccinated or unvaccinated under new guides Ellen Hine, Cincinnati Enquirer © Greg Derr Brenda Burke of Holbrook and husband Mike Flagg wave to her mom Mary, 91 through her window with dog Casey.Keeping in touch, without touching. At the Queen Anne Nursing Home in Hingham Ma., families visit elderly loved ones from the outside to avoid the spread of Covid 19 on Sunday March 22, 2020 Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger This story has been updated and clarified.  Popular Searches New guidance from the federal government is making it eas...

The nursing home COVID-19 death toll jumped by nearly 1,300 in the last week, as the Ohio Department of Health added in 4,000 unaccounted-for deaths to the state’s running total. But with lower overall statewide case numbers and vaccines, visits to nursing homes are allowed and even being encouraged.

More than half of the COVID deaths in Ohio have been in nursing homes. The nursing home death toll jumped by nearly 1,300 in the last week, as the Ohio