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State health department ‘misled the public’ on nursing home deaths

by Mar 16, 2022
The State Health Department conformed its presentation of data and information to Cuomo's 'narrative,' concealing deaths of 4,100 nursing home residents as governor came under increased scrutiny, a State Comptroller's audit finds.

Nursing home coronavirus infections came from workforce, not hospital admissions, N.Y. State health department says

by Jul 7, 2020
The report released Monday concludes that infections among nursing home staff and transmission of the virus from staff to residents played the predominant role in the spread of the virus and fatalities among nursing home residents — not hospital admissions.