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Crysta Meekins, a program manager for AHA鈥檚 Institute for Diversity and Health Equity, shares four takeaways on how to provide equitable, culturally competent and interdisciplinary maternal care to women of color from discussions at a recent screening of 鈥淭oxic: A Black Woman鈥檚 Story,鈥 a short鈥
Michael Warren, M.D., associate administrator for the Health Resources and Services Administration鈥檚 Maternal and Child Health Bureau, discusses why the agency launched the hotline last Mother鈥檚 Day and how it provides confidential support to pregnant and new mothers who call or text 1-833-TLC-MAMA鈥
The Food and Drug Administration Nov. 9 cleared for marketing the Flowflex COVID-19 Antigen Home Test, the first COVID-19 antigen test and second COVID-19 at-home test to successfully complete traditional premarket review.
Laurens Sartoris, who served as president of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association for 27 years, died Oct. 31 at age 78.
AHA Nov. 9 released a social media toolkit and graphics to help hospitals and health systems celebrate National Rural Health Day Nov. 16 and highlight through the week the unique challenges facing rural communities.
The AHA, AHIP, Alliance of Community Health Plans, American Medical Association and Kaiser Permanente have formed a coalition that will recommend strategies to strengthen coordination between the health care and public health systems to improve emergency preparedness, address health disparities and鈥
Fewer than one in four health care professionals working in acute care hospitals and nursing homes were up to date with COVID-19 vaccination during the 2022-23 flu season, defined as receiving a bivalent booster dose or completing a primary series in the previous two months, and fewer than half of鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services鈥 Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) this week alerted the sector to a new ransomware threat known as BlackSuit, which may be responsible for an October attack against an organization that provides medical scans and radiology services鈥
The Food and Drug Administration has recognized a consensus standard to help medical device makers address cybersecurity concerns.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Nov. 8 began displaying its 鈥渂irthing friendly鈥 hospital designation on Medicare鈥檚 Care Compare website and through a new mapping tool.