Health & Science

A different strain of the virus was found at another facility in the state, New Jersey health officials said Thursday.

New quality measures are shining a light on troubled nursing homes covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

The teams will assess infection prevention practices and deploy beginning in November, according to Health Commissioner Dr. Shereef Elnahal.

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While many individuals are looking for nurse practitioner positions, there aren’t enough RNs and licensed practical nurses.

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Health officials said they have teams at the facility monitoring the infection, and the center has closed to new patients.

Last year the world put nearly 37 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide into the air, and emissions have been rising.

The CDC is providing technical assistance to the state Health Department.

More than 70,000 people died of drug overdoses last year.

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Minnesota’s top law enforcement official has sued two New Jersey pharmaceutical giants for “deceptive, misleading, and misrepresentative” price hikes on insulin.

The state is one of the last to move away from a 1970s standard that said someone had to be a “clear and present danger.” But the shift is controversial.

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The city calls its new emergency-oriented approach “The Philadelphia Resilience Project,” acknowledging the deaths and suffering caused by addiction go beyond Kensington.