8 residents dead at Florida nursing home left without power after Irma
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Sep 14, 2017
Eight residents of a Florida nursing home have been reported dead of heat-related causes after their facility was left without electricity or air conditioning in the wake of Hurricane Irma, authorities...
CDC: Deaths from antibiotic-resistant bacteria jumped 15% in 2020
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Alicia Lasek (f3)
Jul 13, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has “pushed back years of progress” in combating antimicrobial resistance in the United States, the CDC reports.
Physicians propose new way to manage a COVID outbreak in long-term care settings
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 15, 2021
A 200-bed nursing home in Chicago was the recipient of an enhanced clinical management approach that contributed to relatively low mortality rates during an outbreak among high-risk residents, the doctors...