First US case of the UK’s COVID strain found at a tiny nursing home in a Colorado town of 600

The first cases of the new mutant strain of COVID-19 to be confirmed in the United States were found in a tiny nursing home in a remote Colorado town, it has emerged. Colorado’s governor, Jared Polis, confirmed on December 29 that the new virus had been identified in his state, in Elbert County. He did … Read more

Liam Neeson surprises nursing staff at Melbourne hospital by sending flowers

Liam Neeson surprises nursing staff at Melbourne hospital by sending flowers and ‘much love and respect’ By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:29 GMT, 17 December 2020 | Updated: 08:29 GMT, 17 December 2020 Liam Neeson has been in Australia filming his new action flick Backlight in Melbourne‘s outer suburbs since early November. … Read more

U.S. nursing home vaccinations will start this week and healthy people will get shots next year

Nursing home residents in the U.S. will begin receiving their first coronavirus vaccines later this week. During a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) briefing on Monday, officials said the individual states will decided when elderly Americans will received Pfizzer’s jab ‘Allocations for vaccines went out to the states, to the locations that they directed, and … Read more

Roving Covid-19 immunisation teams will be deployed to nursing centres within DAYS

Vaccination teams are braced to go into care homes to give the most vulnerable the Covid jab by the end of the week. GPs are also due to start administering the Pfizer vaccine from today at 280 local centres across the UK. It means those at greatest risk will finally get the protection they need … Read more

Love Island’s Camilla Thurlow asks for nursing clothing recommendations

She welcomed a baby girl with her partner Jamie Jewitt at the end of October.  And Camilla Thurlow looked every inch the doting mum as she shared an adorable snap with baby Nell on Sunday.  The Love Island star, 31, took to Instagram to share a snap of her baby daughter sleeping on her chest.  … Read more

Covid-19 vaccine is due to be rolled out in nursing centres sooner than expected

Care home residents are expected to begin receiving Covid jabs within days after all. Officials have devised a way to split the Pfizer vaccine into small batches suitable for distribution to them. Initial plans to make vulnerable social care residents the first to get the jab were derailed when regulators put a limit on the … Read more

Weekly coronavirus cases in US nursing homes hit the highest peak since spring, new report finds

Weekly coronavirus cases in US nursing homes have hit their highest peak since spring 2020, a new report finds. During the week of November 15m the latest for which data is available, more than 16,000 cases were recorded in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living … Read more

‘Devoted’ nursing home boss shot himself dead in police HQ car park

Care home boss, 61, killed himself with shotgun in police HQ car park while struggling to cope with seeing his residents suffering in the pandemic Vernon Hough, 61, was found dead at a police headquarters in Wrexham in May ‘Pressure’ of protecting residents and staff at home became too much for him Wife told inquest: ‘He … Read more

Pregnant Ashley James showcases blossoming baby bump as she shares her favourite nursing bras

She’s been keeping fans updated as she prepares to welcome her first child early next year.  And Ashley James, 33, showcased her blossoming baby bump as she displayed her favourite nursing bras on Sunday.  The former Made In Chelsea star is currently 32 weeks pregnant and has begun investing in nursing bras in her third … Read more

COVID-19 cases in nursing homes surged by 44% last month

New weekly coronavirus infections in US nursing homes surged by 44% last month compared to September and deaths rose by 10% in seven days in mid-October, report reveals Over the course of the week ending in October 18, there were 8,575 new COVDI-19 cases in US nursing homes, an American Health Care Association report finds … Read more