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The AHA launched a video encouraging families with children 12 and older to add COVID-19 vaccinations to their back-to-school preparations.
The Senate unanimously passed the AHA-supported Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Act (S. 610). A companion bill (H.R. 1667) introduced in the House in March awaits consideration.
Dignity Health Global Education, CommonSpirit partner to increase health equity through scholarships
Dignity Health Global Education is partnering with CommonSpirit to create a scholarship program to tackle a lack of diversity in health care.
The AHA has elected six new members to its Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning Jan. 1.
Robyn Begley, AHA chief nursing officer and senior vice president for workforce and CEO of AHA鈥檚 American Organization for Nursing Leadership, participated in a U.S. News and World Report panel discussion on 鈥淒eveloping the Healthcare Workforce of Tomorrow.鈥
In a large clinical trial, treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients who did not require organ support with a full-dose blood thinner reduced the need for organ support, such as mechanical ventilation, and helped them leave the hospital, the National Institutes of Health reported.
Moderna Inc. announced during an investors report that its COVID-19 vaccine remains 93% effective through the first six months following a full dosing regimen
The AHA is helping lawmakers in Washington, D.C., understand the COVID-19 pandemic鈥檚 renewed strain on hospitals and health systems by releasing a new issue of the COVID-19 Snapshot.
Eco-Med Pharmaceuticals Inc. recalled a nonsterile ultrasound gel distributed under various brand names, including EcoGel and MediChoice, instructing health care facilities to immediately destroy or return the products due to contamination with the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc).
AHA yesterday sent a letter to the Department of Justice鈥檚 Antitrust Division expressing its serious concern with the adequacy of any remedy to resolve the anticompetitive impact of UnitedHealth Group鈥檚 acquisition of Change Healthcare. UHG in January announced its intent to combine its Optum鈥