Nursing Homes Face Catastrophic Mix of Virus and Lax Oversight
- Few fines levied, even for ‘immediate jeopardy’ of infections
- Pence says U.S. has now ‘raised the bar’ for state inspections
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In 2017, a flare-up of scabies in a Downey, California, nursing home persisted for more than six months and left at least seven patients covered in rashes from the skin-boring mites before staff members corralled the problem.