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$6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35 $6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35
$6.2M Settlement Reached After Deadly Outbreak At NJ Nursing Home Kills 11, Sickens 35 A $6.2 million settlement was reached for 13 families including several who had children die due to a viral outbreak at a New Jersey healthcare facility in 2018. Thirty-five children were infected and 11 died of the adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, accused in a wrongful death suit of failing to immediately notify families of the virus, NJ Advance Media reports. The home is accused of waiting too long to transfer the kids to the hospital -- even at families' requests. The healthcare center was fined $600,000 by the US Centers for Medicare and Medica…

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'Back In Lockdown': Viral Outbreak Reemerges At West Milford Senior Living Facility 'Back In Lockdown': Viral Outbreak Reemerges At West Milford Senior Living Facility
'Back In Lockdown': Viral Outbreak Reemerges At West Milford Senior Living Facility Just when The Chelsea at Bald Eagle residents were celebrating the end of a five-week viral outbreak that had them severely isolated, it came back. The Norovirus is a gastrointestinal virus that first broke out Feb. 15 at the West Milford facility, forcing the 146 residents to eat in their rooms, and skip socializing and exercise, NorthJersey.com reports. The virus returned this week, sickening three as of Tuesday, the report says. "No eating in the dining hall. No happy hour. No bingo games," a relative of one resident told the media outlet. "The residence is back in lockdown."  Nea…

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by Cecilia Levine