President takes executive actions aimed at containing COVID-19 pandemic

Jan 21, 2021 - 01:39 PM
White House image

President Biden today took a number of actions, including signing a series of executive orders, aimed at addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. The actions focus on expanding testing, administering vaccines, advancing racial equity, among many other areas.

Today’s actions follow actions Biden took yesterday on rejoining the World Health Organization, encouraging masking, creating a White House COVID-19 Response Team and implementing a “whole of government approach” to examining and addressing inequities.

Many of the executive actions are part of the Administration’s National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness, which was released today. AHA members will receive more details about the executive actions in a Special Bulletin.

Related News Articles

Chairperson's File
Chair File: Thank You This Week and Every Day to Our Incredible Health Care Workforce
In October 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln decreed that Thanksgiving be held across the U.S. to “heal the wounds of the nation…
Headline
AHA blog: Creating a Culture of Connection — Combating Isolation and Loneliness in the Health Care Workforce 
After noticing widespread loneliness among rural hospital staff, Margo Karsten, Banner Health Western Region president and AHA Policy Board member, was…
Headline
CMS awards third round of Medicare-funded residency slots to hospitals 
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 21 announced the allocation of 200 new Medicare-funded residency slots to more than 100 teaching…
Headline
Congress urged by AHA, others to include workforce programs for foreign-born staff in end-of-year spending bill 
The AHA and dozens of other organizations Nov. 20 urged House and Senate leaders to include bipartisan workforce legislation in the end-of-year spending…
Blog
Creating a Culture of Connection: Combating Isolation and Loneliness in the Health Care Workforce
No one goes into the health care field unless they want to care for people, but often we care for others so much that accepting care for ourselves is difficult…
Headline
AHA podcast: Navigating Rural Health Care — Solutions for Attracting Talent and Caring for the Community 
In this conversation, Joanne M. Conroy, M.D., CEO and president of Dartmouth Health and 2024 chair of the AHA Board of Trustees, shares how Dartmouth Health…