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OSHA proposes removing remaining requirements of its COVID-19 emergency temporary standard
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration June 30 released a proposed rule to remove what remains of its emergency temporary standard for occupational exposure to COVID-19 that had required certain health care employers to protect workers in health care settings from exposure to the virus that caused COVID-19.
RFK Jr. says CDC will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children, pregnant women
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. May 27 announced in a post on X that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children and pregnant women.
FDA to limit COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65, others at high risk for serious illness
Leaders of the Food and Drug Administration May 20 announced new guidelines for administering the COVID-19 vaccine in a paper published by the New England Journal of Medicine.
Study finds driving with COVID-19 raises crash risk by 25%
A study published April 8 by the Public Library of Science’s Journal of Global Public Health found that driving while infected with COVID-19 raises the risk of an accident by 25%.
Senate Finance Committee advances RFK Jr. nomination for HHS secretary
The Senate Finance Committee Feb. 4 voted 14-13 to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
CDC: Flu activity remains high, COVID-19 increasing while RSV peaks
Respiratory illness activity remains high across the country, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
OSHA ends efforts to establish COVID-19 safety standard
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration Jan. 13 announced that it terminated efforts to establish a final COVID-19 safety standard to protect workers in health care settings.
Certain PREP Act liability protections for COVID-19 countermeasures extended through 2029
The Department of Health and Human Services Dec. 10 amended the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration for COVID-19, extending liability protections for certain COVID-19 countermeasure activities through 2029.
View the AHA's latest United Against the Flu toolkit celebrating fall
AHA's latest social media toolkit for encouraging vaccination against the flu and COVID-19 provides fall-themed social media posts and graphics.
CDC recommends two doses of COVID-19 vaccine for older individuals, lowers pneumococcal vaccine age
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week endorsed a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for people aged 65 and older along with individuals moderately or severely immunocompromised to receive a second dose of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine six months following their first dose.