Medicaid unwinding complicates care decisions for some assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 03, 2024
As states navigate the Medicaid redetermination process, some assisted living providers that accept Medicaid for their low-income residents have experienced payment disruptions. This situation leaves them...
Data breaches double: Cybersecurity attacks on the rise, mid-year report shows
By
Aaron Dorman
Aug 01, 2023
Data breaches in the first half of 2023 have increased 100 percent over the same time period last year, Fortified Health reports.
Supreme Court expands employers’ requirements for religious accommodations
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 30, 2023
How far must an employer go to accommodate a workers’ religious practices? The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an employer’s financial hardship must be more than a minimal one to deny a worker time...
NIH investigating COVID-19 experiments conducted at Boston University
Oct 19, 2022
The US National Institutes of Health is investigating COVID-19 experiments at Boston University that have sparked a media firestorm, with some news outlets alleging that scientists created a “killer”...
Proposed legislation would restore worker tax cuts, support unionization efforts
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 13, 2023
Democrat senators introduced two bills Thursday that they claim will make the tax code fairer for workers. The bills aim to ease workers’ tax burden and crack down on corporate anti-union practices
CDC panel gives support to new COVID-19 booster shots
Sep 13, 2023
The new booster targets the XBB.1.5 omicron subvariant, which is similar to the dominant variant now circulating.
Chest ‘e-tattoo’ device may help in early detection of heart disease
By
John Roszkowski
May 09, 2023
A new ultralightweight medical device that attaches to the chest may detect early signs of heart disease in patients.
Proposed bill addresses parallel senior living, child care workforce shortages through intergenerational...
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Dec 19, 2023
Legislation targeting the twin senior and child care workforce shortages was introduced Friday to address the epidemic of loneliness by fostering intergenerational connections.
HUD takes ‘tremendous step forward’ with funding to promote ‘green’ affordable housing retrofits
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
May 15, 2023
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is making new funding available to help Section 202 Supportive Housing for the Elderly Program and other multifamily housing owners improve energy or water...
FDA approves first pill for fecal transplant therapy
Apr 27, 2023
Vowst is approved to prevent recurrence of C. difficile/ The pill contains live gut bacteria from stool samples donated by healthy people.