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Lawmakers vote to bank pandemic funds, boost schools funding

By Mark Scolforo Jun. 25, 2021 11:37 AM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state budget that dumps billions in federal coronavirus money into savings, boosts spending on education and provides aid to nursing...

FILE - In this April 17, 2020, file photo, a patient is loaded into an ambulance by emergency medical workers outside Cobble Hill Health Center in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Deaths among Medicare patients in nursing homes soared by more than 30% last year, with two devastating surges eight months apart, a government watchdog reported Tuesday in the most complete assessment yet of the ravages of COVID-19 among its most vulnerable victims. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
Watchdog: Nursing home deaths up 32% in 2020 amid pandemic

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Jun. 22, 2021 12:02 AM EDT

Most Idaho nursing home workers unvaccinated for COVID-19

Jun. 21, 2021 04:58 PM EDT
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) — Less than half of nursing home workers in Idaho have been vaccinated against COVID-19, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services...

Connecticut legislature addresses nursing home deficiencies

By Susan Haigh Jun. 12, 2021 08:21 AM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Some big changes are expected at Connecticut nursing homes in the coming months. From mandatory two-month supplies...

Michigan health chief: Nursing home death toll is accurate

By David Eggert Jun. 03, 2021 01:11 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan's top health official said Thursday that nursing homes are accurately reporting the number of coronavirus-related deaths, amid...

State investing up to $100M in mental health services

By Kathy Mccormack And Holly Ramer Jun. 03, 2021 10:24 AM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The state of New Hampshire is investing up to $100 million in mental health services following a recent state Supreme Court ruling to help...

FILE - Jack Campise talks with his mother, Beverly Kearns, through her apartment window at the Kimberly Hall North nursing home, Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Windsor, Conn. A focus on the elderly at the start of the nation's vaccination campaign helped protect nursing homes that were ravaged at the height of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak, but they are far from in the clear. New outbreaks, often traced to infected staff members, are still occurring in long-term care centers across the country, causing continued havoc for visitation policies.(AP Photo/Chris Ehrmann)
Despite vaccines, nursing homes struggle with outbreaks

By Susan Haigh Jun. 01, 2021 01:53 PM EDT

Governor signs bill to build new veteran care facility

May. 25, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday signed a $400 million spending bill to finance construction of a new Holyoke Soldiers’ Home to replace the facility...

NH House panel splits on banning vaccine questions, mandates

By Holly Ramer May. 25, 2021 01:46 PM EDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire House committee split evenly along party lines Tuesday on a proposal to prohibit most businesses from asking customers or...

State health agency releases some COVID data after lawsuit

May. 21, 2021 03:37 PM EDT
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan health department has settled a lawsuit by releasing information about people in long-term care sites who died of COVID-19,...

Union delays strike at 200 group homes, seeks funding deal

May. 20, 2021 12:21 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The union representing more than 2,000 workers at 200 group homes across Connecticut announced Thursday it will delay a strike planned...

Lawmakers propose changes to Lamont's plans for COVID funds

By Susan Haigh May. 17, 2021 03:42 PM EDT
Connecticut legislators recommended changes on Monday to Gov. Ned Lamont's spending proposal for more than $2.8 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funding,...

Connecticut nursing home workers postpone planned strikes

By Susan Haigh May. 13, 2021 06:12 PM EDT
Unionized nursing home workers agreed to postpone strikes planned for Friday at 26 facilities across Connecticut after Gov. Ned Lamont's administration reached...

FILE - In this Thursday, April 8, 2021, file photo, Kent State University student Regan Raeth, of Hudson, Ohio, looks at her vaccination bandage as she waits for 15 minutes after her shot in Kent, Ohio. On Wednesday, May 12, 2021, Gov. Mike DeWine announced the end of the state's mask mandate as new COVID-19 cases decrease and more Ohioans get vaccinated. DeWine said the mask mandate will end June 2 except for nursing homes and assisted living facilities. (AP Photo/Phil Long, File)
Ohio's million-dollar idea: Lottery prizes for vaccinations

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins May. 12, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

Infections persist as vaccinations lag at some nursing homes

By Marina Villeneuve May. 11, 2021 12:58 PM EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Despite a massive vaccination campaign, New York nursing homes are still reporting hundreds of infections a week as some residents and...

In this April 7, 2021 photo, a senior receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, in Clarksdale, Miss. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff, the government said Tuesday, in what officials hope will become an incentive to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease in facilities across the land.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Medicare requires nursing homes to report COVID vaccinations

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar May. 11, 2021 11:15 AM EDT

Georgia Republican legislative leaders on Wednesday March 31, 2021 sign a report at the capitol in Atlanta agreeing to a budget for the year beginning July 1 that spends $27.3 billion in state tax money in Atlanta. On the left are House Majority Leader Jon Burns, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Terry England and House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones. On the right are Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan, Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery and Senate President Pro Tem Butch Miller. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)
Kemp signs $27.3B state budget, will block police raises

By Jeff Amy May. 10, 2021 08:00 PM EDT

Connecticut offering $280M to nursing homes to avoid strikes

By Dave Collins May. 10, 2021 04:03 PM EDT
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut officials on Monday proposed an additional $280 million in funding for nursing homes in an effort to avoid strikes by nearly...

Iowa governor removes leader of nursing home for veterans

May. 10, 2021 01:55 PM EDT
MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Gov. Kim Reynolds has removed the chief executive of the state's nursing home for veterans and their spouses, months after praising...

Signs about Mother's Day are displayed at a home decor department store in Northbrook, Ill., Saturday, May 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Tearful reunions mark second Mother's Day under pandemic

By Claudia Lauer, Michelle Liu And Ed White May. 09, 2021 01:25 PM EDT