Headline
The latest stories from AHA Today.
The Food and Drug Administration Friday said it does not recommend screening or testing blood donors for the monkeypox virus, given 鈥渢he robustness鈥 of existing safeguards for blood safety.
The Aug. 1 Modern Healthcare cover story 鈥淔or health systems, how big is too big?鈥 starts with a flawed premise 鈥渁nd then searches for validation,鈥 writes AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in a letter to the editor. 鈥淯nfortunately, while the article considers many factors, it falls short in鈥
Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., sponsor of the AHA-supported Violence for Healthcare Employees (SAVE) Act, today participated in a roundtable discussion with Tower Health staff and others at Pottstown (Pa.) Hospital to learn more about the rise in violence and abuse against health care workers鈥
Hospital patients are sicker and more medically complex than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, driving up hospital costs for labor, drugs and supplies, according to a new AHA report.
The House today voted 220-207 to pass the Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376), sending it to President Biden for his signature.
Former co-chairs of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission request briefing on HHS efforts to protect health care sector through public-private collaboration.
The ransomware uses remote desktop protocol and firewall vulnerabilities and phishing campaigns to access victim networks.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday advised people who get a negative result from an at-home COVID-19 antigen test to test themselves again after 48 hours to reduce the risk of missing an infection and spreading the virus to others.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday released new guidance on ordering, reporting, payment and cost-sharing for the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy bebtelovimab, a treatment option for outpatients at high risk for hospitalization that begins transitioning from HHS to鈥
The FDA announced a Class 1 recall of devices used to access blood vessels through a patient鈥檚 bone because the devices may malfunction, and recommended customers quarantine the devices.