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In-hospital mortality among patients hospitalized primarily for COVID-19 fell from 15.1% during the delta period to 4.9% this April through June, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week.
The risk of monkeypox to exposed health care personnel is 鈥渧ery low,鈥 according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
AHA released an infographic on considerations for hospitals developing digital solutions to improve maternal care.
Monkeypox cases have dropped nearly 50% since early August, the White House said today, affirming the effectiveness of a national mitigation strategy where vaccination and education are used in tandem.
The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on preparing the nation鈥檚 health care infrastructure for climate change.
The departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services released a request for information to inform future rulemaking to implement advanced explanation of benefits and good faith estimate requirements under the No Surprises Act.
The FBI yesterday charged three Iranian nationals with allegedly orchestrating a scheme to hack into the computer networks of multiple U.S. victims, including an attempted but thwarted attack last year against Boston Children鈥檚 Hospital.
As labor shortages and inflation drive up expenses, U.S. hospitals and health systems this year face the worst financial crisis since the COVID-19 pandemic began, according to a report prepared for AHA by Kaufman Hall.
In continuing to observe Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, the latest Advancing Health podcast speaks with Arpan Waghray, M.D., chief medical officer for behavioral health medicine and Well Being Trust at Providence in Seattle about the health system鈥檚 holistic approach to wellness.
The recent paralytic polio case in an unvaccinated adult in Rockland County, N.Y. and wastewater samples from communities near the patient鈥檚 residence meet the World Health Organization鈥檚 criteria for circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced鈥