Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced that the next deadline for submitting data to inform the agency鈥檚 distribution of its supply of remdesivir is Monday, June 8 at 8 p.m. ET. HHS is requesting the same data as last month鈥檚 remdesivir request 鈥 that is, the number of鈥
The pandemic鈥檚 impact on how consumers access health care is being measured on a daily basis, and early data show dramatic increases in virtual care visits. Now, researchers and provider organizations are assessing how consumers鈥 experiences during the pandemic may affect how they access care in鈥
Every day health care professionals across the country and around the world are doing amazing work to combat the coronavirus and care for people 鈥 physically and emotionally. Here you鈥檒l find their heartwarming stories. It鈥檚 our opportunity to honor, celebrate and thank them for rising up and never鈥
Dear Secretary Azar:
An estimated 9.5% of U.S. residents, or 30.7 million people, lacked health insurance when surveyed in the first six months of 2019, according to preliminary estimates from the National Health Interview Survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Food and Drug Administration took steps to encourage and streamline the development of COVID-19 tests whose specimens are collected at home by patients.
In a letter to the editor, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responded to a New York Times article titled 鈥淲ealthiest Hospitals Got Billions in Bailout for Struggling Health Providers.鈥
The AHA is running ads in the Politico Pulse newsletter highlighting the unprecedented ways hospitals and health systems have stepped up to meet the challenges caused by COVID-19 while sustaining $50 billion in losses a month.
The Department of Health and Human Services announced a $628 million agreement with Emergent BioSolutions to advance manufacturing capabilities and capacity for a potential COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutics as part of Operation Warp Speed.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack writes a letter to the editor in response to 鈥淲ealthiest Hospitals Got Billions in Bailout for Struggling Health Providers,鈥 May 26.