Georgia family seeks answers in mother's vaping death
Mary Kerrie Davis had smoked cigarettes for most of her adult life, when she embraced vaping as a way to quit.
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Dementia drugmaker to pay $116 million in fraud settlement
A pharmaceutical company that whistleblowers alleged paid doctors to prescribe its main drug and urged salespeople to push it as a way to control unruly dementia patients will pay more than $100 million to settle government fraud allegations.
VA director on leave after veteran found covered in ants
The head of the Veterans Health Administration announced a series of major changes at an assisted-living facility days after a dying Air Force veteran was twice found covered in ants in his bed.
Florida monitors nursing home generators
Florida has launched a website to monitor generators in nursing homes and long-term care facilities as Hurricane Dorian gets closer.
More arrests expected in Florida nursing home deaths
More arrests are expected in connection with the deaths of a dozen residents at a Florida nursing home, a police spokesman said Tuesday.
Trump: Open more mental institutions to deal with mass shootings
President Donald Trump said Thursday that the US should build more mental institutions to deal with mass shooters.
Government agency: Nursing home abuse frequently goes unreported
Abuse in nursing homes remains under-reported in the United States, according to reports released Wednesday by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of the Inspector General.
How to protect loved ones from abuse, sexual assault in nursing homes
It's the stuff of nightmares: Your loved one, who you thought was being well cared for in a long-term care facility or nursing home, was physically abused, raped or even impregnated. And you had no idea it was happening.
