COVID-19

Fear of COVID-19 prompted many seniors to cancel medically necessary home healthcare during the pandemic, according to a new study by the University of Michigan.

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra sounded an alarm Wednesday for older adults to get boosted against COVID-19, as an increasing number of them are dying from the virus. Becerra made the...

One of the largest labor unions representing direct care workers is calling on the Biden administration to beef up COVID-19 safety standards in the workplace.

Older adults receiving Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) had excess mortality rates from COVID-19 similar to those in nursing homes

Up to 100,000 people could get at-home treatment for COVID-19 under a new test-to-treat pilot program rolled out last week by the National Institute of Health and the Biden administration.

A coalition of 17 provider organizations is urging the Department of Labor to consider the needs of the healthcare industry under a proposed rule aimed at cracking down on the misclassification of contract...

The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) on Monday called the two-year extension of telehealth provisions in the recently passed omnibus bill a “vote of confidence” for virtual healthcare.

A bipartisan group of New York legislators and local officials spent their holiday break lobbying for higher wages for home care workers in that state. 

Age-specific deaths rates increased for all age groups 1 year and over; no significant change seen in infant mortality rates

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, sounded an urgent alarm to the healthcare industry last spring as the COVID-19 pandemic was ebbing. Burnout, he said, had become a crisis among overworked, stressed-out...