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People recently diagnosed with substance use disorders were more likely to develop COVID-19 and be hospitalized or die from the virus, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives are mobilizing around a new COVID-19 relief proposal.

As part of AHA’s We Care, We Vote initiative the association released a new video featuring current and former members of the AHA Board of Trustees discussing the importance of voting and sharing how they encourage voter participation at their organizations.

As urged by the AHA, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it will withdraw its Medicaid fiscal accountability proposed rule from its regulatory agenda.

The Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s National Steering Committee for Patient Safety, whose members include the AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership, released a national action plan to accelerate patient safety progress across the care continuum.

A new study demonstrates the cost to the U.S. health care system from an anti-competitive tactic known as “product hopping,” which involves a brand name drug company moving patients to a new reformulated version of a drug when an existing drug’s exclusivity is close to expiring.

President Trump issued a new executive order that seeks to lower prescription drug prices. The order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to test a “most-favored-nation” pricing model for Part B, and some Part D, drugs.

The Oregon Association of Hospitals Research & Education Foundation has established a relief fund to support hospital workers affected by the state’s wildfires, as well as future disasters.

To ease the continued strain on the N95 supply chain and Strategic National Stockpile, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is considering whether the federal government should buy and deploy elastomeric half-mask respirators in health care settings and emergency medical services organizations during the COVID-19 crisis.

The Department of Labor released a temporary rule revising regulations implementing certain paid leave provisions through Dec. 31 under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.