Elder care
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

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

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

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

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 file photo elderly people wait for the COVID-19 vaccine at the Don Orione rest home in Rome. In some Italian region lawyers, magistrates, professors and other younger professionals got vaccinated against COVID-19 before octogenarians despite government pledges of prioritizing Italy’s oldest citizens. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, file)
Young professionals cut ahead of older Italians for vaccine

By Frances D'emilio And Colleen Barry Apr. 03, 2021 02:28 AM EDT

People wait to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Ndirande Health Centre in Blantyre Malawi, Monday, March 29, 2021. Malawi is vaccinating health care workers, elderly and those with health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19, using the AstraZeneca doses that arrived early in March. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)
Malawi starts vaccination drive with AstraZeneca from COVAX

Apr. 01, 2021 05:36 AM EDT

President Joe Biden speaks before signing the PPP Extension Act of 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Beyond bridges: Biden redefines infrastructure to add people

By Lisa Mascaro, Josh Boak And Jonathan Lemire Mar. 30, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

Jacque Sarraf, head of the Lebanese Russian Business Council, and owner of a private pharmaceutical company speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his home, in the northern Beirut suburb of Rabieh, Lebanon, Sunday, March 21, 2021. Lebanon's private sector is stepping in to speed up the coronavirus vaccination campaign and hurry along the reopening of businesses, planning to import at least 1 million doses of Russia's Sputnik vaccine. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon private sector steps in to speed up vaccine campaign

By Bassem Mroue Mar. 26, 2021 04:20 AM EDT

Marion Whiting, 97, center, a resident at Hellenic Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, in Canton, Mass., receives assistance with her mask from her granddaughter Kelly Taxiera, center left, during a visit Thursday, March 18, 2021, with Taxiera, as well as her niece Tracy Lane, foreground left, and her sister Janice Repeta, 82, foreground right, at the nursing home, in Canton. Nursing homes and other elderly residences battered by COVID-19 are easing lockdown-like restrictions more than a year into the pandemic. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Hugs, at last: Nursing homes easing rules on visitors

By Philip Marcelo, Patty Nieberg, And Kimberlee Kruesi Mar. 22, 2021 01:17 PM EDT

This image provided by Fox News Corp on March 5, 2021, shows Fox weather forecaster Janice Dean, who's become one of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fiercest critics after both of her in-laws died of the coronavirus last spring in elderly care facilities. (Fox News Corp via AP)
Fox News meteorologist Dean turns into fierce Cuomo critic

By David Bauder And Marina Villeneuve Mar. 22, 2021 08:39 AM EDT

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo greets people after speaking at a vaccination site on Monday, March 8, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)
Fox meteorologist Dean turns into fierce Cuomo critic

By David Bauder And Marina Villeneuve Mar. 22, 2021 08:38 AM EDT

Tennessee to expand vaccine eligibility to younger residents

By Kimberlee Kruesi Mar. 22, 2021 04:21 AM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee will soon allow all residents 16 and older to receive the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Bill Lee announced Monday. ...