Officials have identified one of the two victims killed in a Bucks County, Pa., nursing home explosion that also left about 19 people hospitalized.

A fire was reported at Silver Lake Healthcare Center on Dec. 23 with some nearby residents saying they heard an explosion and felt their homes shake.

A Bristol Township woman who worked as a certified nursing assistant killed in the Dec. 23 explosion at the Bristol Health & Rehab Center.

They're required to maintain comprehensive plans, but one expert says there are "serious concerns" about emergency response.

The DOE said its data shows that 95 percent of nursing students borrow under the $20,500 annual limit and are not expected to be affected by the change. The classification of “professional” degrees is not new. The federal government has regulated limits on student loans since passing the 1965 Higher Education Act.

McDaniel College will receive $830,000 in federal funding for its nursing program at Carroll Hospital, Maryland’s U.S. senators announced.

Twenty-four hours after two gas explosions ripped through a Bucks County nursing home, the dead and injured had been identified, survivors were accounted for, and the cleanup was underway. But unanswered questions about the blast’s cause mounted.

A top state official says "drastic changes" are taking shape that aim to make nursing homes better, delivering on a promise, he said, that Governor Glenn Youngkin's administration made to improve care for vulnerable seniors as the commonwealth ranked among the bottom states in the country for quality.