The Napoli Shkolnik Nursing Home Litigation/Covid-19 Team successfully defeated the second attempt by a major Westchester County nursing home to have a case dismissed under the now repealed EDTPA (Immunity…
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Update on mysterious child hepatitis outbreak As the BBC reported, investigations into why many children worldwide have been experiencing serious but rare hepatitis cases seems to have found a cause….
According to a new study, over half of 9/11 first responders with coronavirus also develop the mysterious and disabling condition known as Long COVID. Researchers found that responders with chronic…
Mostly because of the mental effects on COVID-19 lockdowns, melatonin poisoning incidents have increased 600 percent. Sales of melatonin, a hormone which regulates the body’s natural sleep cycle, have increased…
Earlier this month, Erie County Supreme Court Justice Jeanette Ogden rejected a nursing home’s movement to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the estate of a woman who died in care…
As of October 2021, over 15,000 residents of Nursing Homes died of Covid-19. At the same time, immunity laws were passed, and since repealed, which attempted to bar families grieving…
Largely depending on your perspective, nursing home data recently provided by the New York State Health Department either exonerates these facilities or condemns them. Coronavirus was “a perfect storm” for…
The COVID-19 delta variant has cast a shadow over many plans for the long holiday weekend in September 2021. A fourth of travelers have changed their destinations, and many people…
The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating effect on millions of people around the world but was especially fatal for those living in nursing homes. Older people and those with preexisting…
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced that the state was ending most coronavirus restrictions in time for the Independence Day holiday weekend. California, a similar move at about the…