Pennsylvania Sued Over Drug Testing, Lack Of Infection Control In Nursing Homes

(April 30, 2020, 1:44 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s decision to cease inspecting long-term care facilities (LTCFs) during the novel coronavirus pandemic has put residents at increased risk of infection and led to “apparent biomedical experimentation on residents under the guise of clinical trials,” the daughter of a nursing home resident claims in a putative class complaint filed April 28 in federal court (Jodi Gill, et al. v. Pennsylvania Department of Health, No. 20-cv-2038, E.D. Pa.)....