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The Government Accountability Office this week appointed two new members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and reappointed four current members.
AHA encourages hospitals, health systems, community organizations, public health departments and other partners to participate by using #CHIWeek on social media to share stories, events and ways to promote health and reducing health inequities.
AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence gathered more than 217 health care professionals and community partners to hear from human trafficking experts, survivors and health care leaders who are working to advance anti-trafficking efforts in their organizations.
The National Institutes of Health yesterday reported that a healthy diet from around the time of conception through the second trimester may reduce for women the risk of several common pregnancy complications.
On June 4, AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative encourages everyone to stand together for the fifth-annual #HAVhope Friday. This national day of awareness unites hospitals, health systems, nurses, doctors and other professionals to highlight programs and initiatives that help mitigate…
New research by the National Institutes of Health has confirmed the safety of blood donation and transfusions from COVID-19. NIH concluded that transfusions’ likelihood of infection transmission is a little over 1 in 100,000, or 0.001%.
Moderna yesterday announced an agreement to use Thermo Fisher Scientific to increase the scale of its COVID-19 vaccine finish/fill sterile manufacturing. The deal will enable production to begin in the third quarter of 2021.
The National Institutes of Health yesterday announced the start of a phase 1/2 clinical trial to investigate the safety and immunogenicity of mixed boosted COVID-19 vaccination regimens.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced a new type of public-private partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of technologies and medical products needed to respond to, or prevent, future public health emergencies, such as pandemics, and other health…
President Biden today announced a national month of action to mobilize the nation to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Fourth of July. The White House’s goal is to get 70% of U.S. adults vaccinated with at least one shot by July Fourth.