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'Germ-fest' party preceded deadly nursing home outbreak

by Associated Press
| March 6, 2020 2:05 PM

KIRKLAND, Wash. (AP) — In the days before the Life Care Center nursing home became ground zero for coronavirus deaths in the U.S., there were few signs it was girding against an illness spreading rapidly around the world.

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