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On this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Darren Henson, director of operations at AHA’s Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, talks with Lena Hatchett, professor at the Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, about how despite the COVID-19 outbreak, her facility remains committed to…
The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., which provides a forum for business issues confronting the nation and world, tomorrow will host a virtual event to gather insights from AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack and other leaders on their response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for Abbott Laboratory’s SARS-CoV-2 IgG assay for the qualitative detection of COVID-19 antibodies.
Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health are conducting an online study to learn how stressors related to the COVID-19 virus affect the mental health of health care workers over time.
A trial sponsored by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases provided preliminary indications that hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 and lung involvement who received remdesivir recovered faster than similar patients who received a…
The departments of Labor and the Treasury are extending certain deadlines affecting employee benefit plan participants’ rights to health coverage, portability and continuation of coverage under COBRA, and to file claims or appeal denied claims.
The Federal Reserve Board expanded eligibility for the Main Street Lending Program to businesses with up to 15,000 employees or $5 billion in annual revenue.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced additional regulatory waivers and rule changes to expand diagnostic testing for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, telehealth in Medicare, hospital capacity and the health care workforce during the COVID-19 emergency.
The first AHA Age-Friendly Health Systems action community concluded this month, with 184 health care teams and 12 allied associations across the U.S. participating.
The Government Accountability Office recommended certain actions to enhance federal efforts to monitor and address antibiotic resistance.