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Biden to require COVID vaccines for nursing home staff

by Zeke Miller
| August 18, 2021 2:03 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that his administration will require that nursing home staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition for those facilities to continue receiving federal Medicare and Medicaid funding.

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