BOSTON (Reuters) - Two former heads of a Massachusetts veterans home have been indicted on criminal neglect charges for their roles in handling a COVID-19 outbreak that killed 76 people, the state's attorney general said on Friday.
Massachusetts Attorney Maura Healey said the criminal case against the former officials at Holyoke Soldiers' Home was believed to be the first yet linked to an outbreak at a U.S. nursing facility during the pandemic.
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