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An advocacy group representing people with disabilities reached a settlement with administrators of the California Department of State Hospitals and Patton State Hospital on a lawsuit alleging that patients were diagnosed during a COVID-19…

HARRISONBURG, Virginia (WHSV) - US healthcare workers are pushing back after hospitals in several states required vaccination of employees in order to work.A federal judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit in Texas, saying employees were free…

HARRISONBURG, Virginia (WHSV) - US healthcare workers are pushing back after hospitals in several states required vaccination of employees in order to work.A federal judge on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit in Texas, saying employees were free…

Three-year-old Elizabeth Zakutansky was born with a rare genetic disorder that causes multiple seizures. Her neurologist, a top expert in treating her disease, practices at Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago, less…

Copyright 2020 NPR. Further information is available at https://www.npr.org. NOEL KING, HOST: At the start of the pandemic, an Oregon woman ended up hospitalized with COVID-19. She has an intellectual disability. And the hospital…

Copyright 2020 NPR. Further information is available at https://www.npr.org. NOEL KING, HOST: At the start of the pandemic, an Oregon woman ended up hospitalized with COVID-19. She has an intellectual disability. And the hospital…

Your browser does not support the audio element.Face masks hang from an IV pole at a hospital.Jenny Kane / APAt the start of the coronavirus pandemic, a small group of disability rights advocates found itself in a race against time to save…

Sign up for the Guardian Today US newsletter Lawyers representing patients in a mental hospital in southern California refer to the state facility as a "tinderbox" for Covid-19 infections. In documents filed in federal court…