Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
AHA Expresses Support for the Health Care Broadband Expansion During COVID-19 Act, which proposes improvements to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Rural Health Care Program.
The Census Bureau recently reported that 鈥渁 third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression鈥 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It鈥檚 also been reported that Americans are increasingly at risk for 鈥渄eaths of despair鈥 from substance misuse and suicide, forecasting that the mental鈥
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges for health care providers, including the way teams communicate and work together.
FDA issued a reminder to health care facilities鈥 reprocessing staffs to follow the agency-outlined decontamination cycle when using the ASP STERRAD Sterilization System to decontaminate N95 or N95-equivalent respirators for reuse via vaporized hydrogen peroxide.
The FDA authorized the emergency use of certain personal protective equipment to help address insufficient supply due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The House Education and Labor Committee鈥檚 Workforce Protections Subcommittee held a hearing examining federal actions to protect workers from COVID-19, which featured witnesses from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
The Federal Reserve has announced that it is establishing a Main Street Lending Program to support lending to small and medium-sized businesses that were in sound financial condition before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Small Business Administration released an interim final rule to clarify Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness requirements, and the agency鈥檚 process for reviewing PPP loan applications and loan forgiveness applications.
In a near unanimous vote, the House of Representatives today passed the Paycheck Flexibility Act (H.R. 7010) to allow more leeway for small business loans during the COVID-19 crisis.
View stories from the field and important resources. The AHA remains committed to helping rural hospitals and health systems address the COVID-19 pandemic in their communities. Many states are removing restrictions under new local, state and federal guidelines, and hospitals are resuming non-鈥