Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)

After announcing it had raised another $100 million — nearly doubling its capital base — startup Truveta launched its data platform for research and drug development and shared highlights from its COVID-19 breakthrough infection research.
Sens. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Reps. Doris Matsui, D-Calif., and David McKinley, R- W.Va., urge the White House to enlist federal agencies to investigate price gouging by nurse staffing agencies, to protect patients in dire need of life saving health care treatment and…
The White House Office of the United States Trade Representative has extended through May 31, 2022, 81 tariff exemptions for certain medical care products needed to address the COVID-19 pandemic.
The AHA released the latest edition of the COVID-19 Snapshot, underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.
President Biden extended through April 1, 2022, 100% federal reimbursement through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assistance Program for eligible costs associated with ongoing COVID-19 recovery efforts and vaccine initiatives.
The Department of Health and Human Services will use $650 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to expand U.S. capacity to manufacture rapid molecular tests for COVID-19, which hospitals and other health care providers use to diagnose COVID-19, screen patients before surgery and confirm at-home…
The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded nine community-based organizations a portion of $77 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to build vaccine confidence and bolster COVID-19 vaccinations in hard-hit, high-risk communities.
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