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Trump officials propose ending nursing home COVID reporting mandates

Dr. Mehmet Oz's agency seeks to roll back weekly respiratory infection tracking at facilities where thousands died during the pandemic.

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What to know

  • The Trump administration is proposing to eliminate mandatory weekly reporting of respiratory infections at nursing homes, undoing a pandemic-era safeguard.
  • Thousands of elderly nursing home residents died during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting the original tracking mandate.
  • Nursing home resident advocates have objected to the proposed rollback.

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    Nursing home advocates express dismay at proposed rollback

    Advocates for nursing home residents reacted negatively to the Trump administration's proposal to end infection reporting mandates.

    1. 3 outlets Trump officials may undo nursing home mandates for reporting COVID

      first by Philadelphia Inquirer, 10h ago · also NYT, NYT Health

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    Trump agency proposes end to nursing home COVID reporting mandates

    The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing to eliminate weekly tracking of respiratory infections at nursing facilities, reversing a mandate implemented during the pandemic when thousands of elderly residents died.

    “The agency led by Dr. Mehmet Oz is proposing an end to weekly tracking of respiratory infections at the facilities where thousands of elderly residents died in the pandemic.”
    — New York Times · source