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Providers want weekly ongoing pledge of 50,000 COVID vaccines for LTC … Psychotropic drug prescriptions rose for nursing home residents during pandemic … Small improvements seen in chronic disease death rate disparities over last two decades … OSHA’s new COVID inspection, whistleblower program targets ALFs, CCRCs and SNFs