Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Monday that the Biden administration has finalized the first-ever minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. The move comes after the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw advocates for the elderly reporting poor living conditions for residents in which they’d go hours without meals and water and were not kept properly clean. […]
It is part of a push to make the digital tool 'the front door to the NHS' for routine care including booking appointments and checking test results.
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed downPolitical leaders who present themselves as “grownups” while slowing the pace of climate action are pushing the world towards deeper catastrophe, a former US climate chief has warned.“We are slowed down by those who think of themselves as grownups and believe decarbonisation at the speed the climate community calls for is unrealistic,” said Todd Stern, who...
More than 163,000 patients in England have endured delays of at least 18 weeks. This is up on the 32,000 in February 2020, the month before Covid rocked Britain.
The Federal Trade Commission's Tuesday vote to ban noncompete agreements
Democratic lawmakers Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Andy Kim have partnered up with Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans to introduce legislation aiming to give army reservists and members of the National Guard that also work for the federal government options on the type of health care plans they can receive.The bill, which could impact thousands of federal employees that are also in the U.S. Army, plans to give this group of Americans the ability to decide whether they want military or civilian...
As lawmakers debate work requirements in Medicaid expansion bills, Walker faces a Catch-22: she first needs health insurance to get healthy enough to be able to return to work.
Sandstone Care analyzed data from the Institute of Education Sciences to see how American high schools are faring in providing mental health services.
Advocate groups and survivors shared their concerns about Black maternal health care in Louisiana at the Capitol as lawmakers hear proposed bills.
Platform’s future in US in doubt after House approves bill ordering Bytedance to sell stakeTikTok has said it will fight any ban or forced sale of the app’s US operation in the courts, after the House of Representatives passed legislation targeting the viral video platform.The company’s future in the US was placed in further doubt over the weekend after lawmakers in Washington passed a bill that will ban the app if TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its stake in the American...
I heard a voice saying, "Hey take off your shoes," a nurse said about her decision to take off a brand new pair of shoes she had just bought to give them to a patient who needed a new pair.
I heard a voice saying, "Hey take off your shoes," a nurse said about her decision to take off a brand new pair of shoes she had just bought to give them to a patient who needed a new pair.