Elderly welfare
Angela Ermold, right, and her sister, Denise Gracely, hold a photo of their mother, Marian Rauenzahn, Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Fleetwood, Pa. Pandemic restrictions are falling away almost everywhere — except inside many of America’s nursing homes. “They have protected them to death,” said Gracely. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
'Protected them to death': Elder-care COVID rules under fire

By Michael Rubinkam Jun. 19, 2021 10:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2013 file photo, a family leaves a local Walmart in Mexico City. Walmart de Mexico, the country’s biggest retailer, announced the week of June 18, 2021, that its grocery store baggers wouldn’t be allowed back, as the coronavirus pandemic and changing consumer habits threaten to put an end to a decades-old practice of allowing elderly people in Mexico to earn extra income as baggers. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)
Mexican elderly lose work as grocery baggers, protest

Jun. 18, 2021 10:54 AM EDT

Cemetery and funeral workers place the coffin of a man who died of COVID-19 into a niche at the Nuestra Señora de Belen cemetery in Fusagasuga, Colombia, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
The Latest: Pot-for-shots plan stumbles in Washington state

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:58 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2021 02:54 PM EDT
Albany Times Union. June 2, 2021. Editorial: Stop the gunfire The gun violence Albany is experience this year is part...

President Joe Biden listens first lady Jill Biden speaks at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Va., Friday, May 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden budget highlights: Lots of spending, taxing the rich

May. 29, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks at Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Hampton, Va., Friday, May 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Biden budget highlights: Lots of spending, taxing the rich

May. 28, 2021 04:48 PM EDT

Report on France's virus response criticizes elderly care

By The Associated Press May. 18, 2021 11:02 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) — A report made public Tuesday into France’s handling of the coronavirus criticized the government for not providing enough care for older adults...

People pose in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue that is lit up with a message that reads in Portuguese; “Vaccination saves, united by the vaccine”, urging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine and encouraging vaccination in Brazil and throughout the world, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, May 15, 2021. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Brazil city offers COVID shots to all 18-60 as part of test

By Lucas Dumphreys And Debora Alvares May. 16, 2021 05:26 PM EDT

People wait after being vaccinated at the center for mass vaccination against COVID-19, at A1 Arena in Skopje, North Macedonia, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. The European Union started delivering EU-funded coronavirus vaccines Tuesday to the Balkans, a region that wants to join the 27-nation bloc but where China and Russia have already been supplying the much-needed shots and making political gains. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)
North Macedonia speeds up vaccinations as EU aid arrives

May. 04, 2021 03:32 PM EDT

Workers at a mostly empty COVID-19 vaccination clinic located at Cathedral of the Cross A.O.H. Church of God in Birmingham, Ala., are shown on Monday, May 3, 2021. Health officials say vaccine demand is on the decline in some places, and Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said she will soon end a state health order and state of emergency enacted because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves)
Alabama governor says pandemic is 'managed,' orders to end

By Jay Reeves May. 03, 2021 04:40 PM EDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks at a press conference after the vaccination summit in the Chancellery, Berlin, Monday April 26, 2021. (Michael Kappeler/Pool via AP)
Germany to open up virus vaccinations to all adults in June

By Frank Jordans Apr. 26, 2021 10:36 AM EDT

Personal care aid Irma Nuñez stretches her client Thomas Draa's legs on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Las Vegas. Personal care aides provide a crucial lifeline to their housebound clients, many of whom are elderly or disabled. In addition to performing duties such as grocery shopping and providing companionship, they help clients with essential daily activities like bathing, eating and cooking. (Ellen Schmidt//Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Nevada lawmakers consider home care worker, client measure

By Briana Erickson Apr. 25, 2021 01:10 PM EDT

With family photos seen in the foreground, Dianne Green works on an art project in her home in Chicago on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Green, a retiree and cancer survivor, said she struggled with loneliness after several family members died in 2019 and early 2020. Then the pandemic hit. Even before the lockdowns, a survey found that 61 percent of American adults said they were lonely. A year of added isolation highlighted a problem that health officials say is as harmful as obesity and smoking. (AP Photo/Martha Irvine)
Loneliness is rampant. A simple call, or hug, may be a cure

By Lindsey Tanner And Martha Irvine Apr. 14, 2021 10:56 AM EDT

An elderly woman receives her first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a special nursing home in Itami, Hyogo prefecture, western Japan, Monday, April 12, 2021. Japan started its vaccination drive with medical workers and expanded Monday to older residents, with the first shots being given in about 120 selected places around the country. (Kyodo News via AP)
Tokyo adopts tougher virus rules, starts vaccinating elders

By Mari Yamaguchi Apr. 12, 2021 12:41 AM EDT

Leslie Powers delivers breakfast plates at Salt Lake City's Blue Plate Diner on Friday, March 12, 2021. The owners recently announced they will be closing on May 4, after 20 years in business. A new development is going in on the corner that is forcing it to shut down. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
Survey shows effect of outsize of job loss on Utah women

By Becky Jacobs Apr. 11, 2021 08:00 AM EDT

ICU nurse Meynard Villa poses for photos in his start-up senior care home in Arcadia, Calif., Thursday, March 25, 2021. Villa was on the verge of losing his family’s $150,000 investment in his new senior care home because he couldn't hire workers while grappling with a glitchy state system designed to automate criminal background checks.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Troubled background check system delays elder care hiring

By Don Thompson Apr. 10, 2021 11:05 AM EDT

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to media after a government task force meeting for the new virus measures, at the prime minister's office Friday, April 9, 2021, in Tokyo. Japan announced Friday that it will raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo to allow tougher measures to curb the rapid spread of a more contagious variant ahead of the Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)
Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics

By Mari Yamaguchi Apr. 09, 2021 05:29 AM EDT

Linda Busby, 74, receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Clarksdale, Miss. Busby joined a group of seniors from the Rev. S.L.A. Jones Activity Center for the Elderly that were given a ride to the health center for their vaccinations. The Mississippi Department of Human Services is in the initial stages of teaming up with community senior services statewide to help older residents get vaccinated. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Summoning seniors: Big new push to vaccinate older Americans

By Zeke Miller And Leah Willingham Apr. 08, 2021 12:12 AM EDT

Wilbert Marshall, 71, looks away while receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, from Melissa Banks, right, a nurse at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center in Clarksdale, Miss., Wednesday, April 7, 2021. Marshall was among a group of seniors from the Rev. S.L.A. Jones Activity Center for the Elderly who received a vaccination. The Mississippi Department of Human Services is in the initial stages of teaming up with community senior services statewide to help older residents get vaccinated. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Summoning seniors: Big new push to vaccinate older Americans

By Zeke Miller And Leah Willingham Apr. 07, 2021 06:13 PM EDT

Maria Castrejon, 71, grimaces as she is vaccinated with a second dose of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine at the Americas Cultural Center, in Ecatepec, Mexico, Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)
Mexico's vaccine campaign faces problems, successes

Apr. 06, 2021 03:23 PM EDT