Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the COVID-19 Data Tracker, a website showing data on U.S. laboratory testing and cases reported to CDC from state health departments and territorial jurisdictions.
The COVID-19 pandemic could increase 鈥渄eaths of despair鈥 from alcohol, drug misuse and suicide by between 27,644 and 154,037 over the decade, depending how quickly the economy recovers.
The Food and Drug Administration expanded the list of drugs covered under newly flexible compounding policies to include two that may be in short supply because of the COVID-19 pandemic: morphine sulfate and epinephrine.
The Food and Drug Administration issued the first emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 antigen test, which can quickly detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a nasal swab sample.
The Department of Health and Human Services distributed $22 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to hospitals with high numbers of COVID-19 admissions, as well as rural hospitals and clinics.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced that it is requesting certain data from hospitals to inform HHS鈥檚 distribution of its supply of remdesivir, a drug that has shown encouraging results in treating certain COVID-19 patients in early clinical trials.
False and misleading information related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) are a significant challenge. This CISA Insight provides an overview of coronavirus disinformation and steps that can be taken to reduce the risk of sharing inaccurate information with your friends and family.
Yesterday kicked off National Hospital Week, 2020. Has there ever been a more important and opportune time to observe it?
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed into law on March 27, provides resources and flexibility for rural hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this week distributed $22 billion from the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund to hospitals with high numbers of COVID-19 admissions, as well as rural hospitals and clinics.