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Hospital and health system trustees are promoting value in their communities by tackling societal factors that influence the health and well-being of residents.
The AHA, the American Medical Association and American Nurses Association urged President Trump to rescind Executive Order 13950, Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping, arguing that failing to do so 鈥渨ould effectively reverse decades of progress in combating racial inequality.鈥
The Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense awarded $481 million to Cue Health Inc. to expand production of a point-of-care COVID-19 molecular test with capabilities to produce results in 20 minutes.
The National Institutes of Health Oct. 13 announced a study designed to identify promising COVID-19 therapies and investigational drugs that merit larger clinical trials.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention added vaccine information to its COVID-19 webpage.
The Food and Drug Administration Oct. 13 issued and immediately implemented enforcement policy for modifications to FDA-cleared molecular influenza and RSV tests during the COVID-19 public health emergency to expand access to certain FDA-cleared molecular tests for detecting and identifying flu鈥
The NFL Players Association and AHA teamed up on a PSA to encourage individuals to wear masks to protect against COVID-19.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Oct. 22 at 2 p.m. ET will host a Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity webinar on improving clinicians鈥 understanding the relationship between COVID-19 and the concerns of people who use drugs or who have a substance use disorder.
The AHA released a public service announcement urging the American public not to delay getting the preventive, scheduled and emergency services they need, and noting that hospitals and health systems are always there, ready to care. The PSA, available in English and Spanish, can be adapted by AHA鈥
A new poll by Gallup is showing sharp declines in Americans鈥 willingness to be vaccinated for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.