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The Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET will host a webinar on the Provider Relief Fund application process.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of a third diagnostic test that detects and differentiates flu and COVID-19 viruses from one another.
The Food and Drug Administration warned of methanol鈥檚 toxic and 鈥渘ot acceptable鈥 suitability for use as an active ingredient in hand sanitizer. Methanol is a wood alcohol more commonly used for the creation of fuel or antifreeze. FDA said it has seen an increase in methanol鈥檚 use in hand sanitizers鈥
A group of 34 state hospital associations urged the Department of Health and Human Services to delay the effective date of the agency鈥檚 hospital price transparency rule, which requires hospitals to that hospitals publicly disclose negotiated rates with commercial health plans.
The Small Business Administration and Treasury Department today released detailed data regarding the loans made under the Paycheck Protection Program.
The AHA, American Medical Association, and American Nurses Association sent a letter urging the public to take simple steps known to help stop the spread of COVID-19 鈥 wearing a face mask, maintaining physical distancing and washing hands.
The departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services and the National Security Agency alerted the field to a significant vulnerability affecting the Palo Alto Networks鈥 PAN-OS firewall software that cyber attackers could easily exploit remotely via the internet.
The AHA, California Hospital Association, and Washington State Hospital Association urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to reverse a district court decision in a lawsuit brought by data analysis company Integra Med Analytics that 鈥済ives private plaintiffs broad license to file suits鈥
The Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 7 at 12 p.m. ET will host a webinar on decontaminating respirators for health care personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The health care field added 358,000 jobs in June, increasing 2.3% to a seasonally adjusted 15.6 million, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.