Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
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.
As James Madison wrote in the First Amendment of our Bill of Rights, we have the right to 鈥減etition the government for a redress of grievances.鈥 We also have an important right that many in other countries don鈥檛 鈥 the right to vote. These two rights go hand in hand as a foundation of our democracy.
Oklahoma voters approved expanding the state鈥檚 Medicaid initiative, the first state to do so during the COVID-19 pandemic. The ballot question, which passed with nearly 50.5% of the vote, initiates a state constitutional amendment to provide Medicaid to those with incomes at or below 138% of the鈥
The Food and Drug Administration issued guidance for the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, outlining key considerations to satisfy requirements for chemistry, manufacturing and control, nonclinical and clinical data.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced the reestablishment of the Ready Reserve Corps, a uniformed services that provides trained and ready personnel available on short notice to fill critical public health needs.
Hospitals face a triple threat with financial losses due to COVID-19, AHA President and CEO said on CNBC.
The Senate passed by unanimous consent legislation (S. 4116) extending the Paycheck Protection Program loan application period through Aug. 8. It鈥檚 unclear if the House will take up the legislation before the July 4th recess.
Please reach out to your senators during the July 4 district work period
As Congress considers additional COVID-19 relief actions, we need to make sure hospital and health systems' priorities are at the top of its list.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of two COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests. The tests from Inform Diagnostics Inc. and Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory LLC detect in respiratory specimens nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.