COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced a 60-day extension of the comment period on its proposed rule to remove the remaining requirements of its emergency temporary standard for occupational exposure to COVID-19, which called for certain health care employers to protect…
The Food and Drug Administration July 10 approved Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 with at least one underlying condition that puts them at high risk for severe outcomes from the disease. The vaccine also is approved for adults 65 years of age or older.
The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural hospital financial performance.
Today, the American Hospital Association, AHIP, the Alliance of Community Health Plans, the American Medical Association, and Kaiser Permanente announced the Common Health Coalition: Together for Public Health.
Despite improvements in COVID-19 vaccination rates among pregnant people, low vaccination coverage indicates an ongoing public health concern.
America’s hospitals and health systems, regardless of size, location and ownership type, provided essential care to their patients and communities during the pandemic. Congress recognized the critical role hospitals play as the backbone of our health care system and swiftly took steps in the early…
NYC Health + Hospitals, which operates the public hospitals and clinics in New York City, announced plans to ensure New Yorkers continue to have the access to COVID-19 testing, vaccination, and treatment, as well as services to address Long COVID in all five boroughs.
Between Oct. 10, 2022, and Jan. 8, 2023, nursing home residents who were not up to date with the recommended COVID-19 vaccinations had a 30%-50% higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection than residents who were up to date, according to a study released by the CDC.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday launched a website to help consumers locate no-cost COVID-19 testing through its Increasing Community Access to Testing program.
In an online survey last November of 1,200 U.S. adults previously vaccinated against COVID-19, 62% had not yet received a bivalent booster dose, most often because they did not know they were eligible or the booster was available, or believed they were immune against infection.