Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
For two long years, the dedicated women and men of America鈥檚 hospitals and health systems have experienced firsthand the overwhelming impact of COVID-19. The pandemic has been frustrating, exhausting, and heartbreaking. The COVID-19 vaccines have been a ray of light because they greatly decrease鈥
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services vaccine mandate to go into effect nationwide while blocking the Occupational Safety and Health Administration鈥檚 vaccine requirements from taking effect. The Court ruled 5-4 in allowing the CMS vaccine mandate to go into鈥
The AHA released a new issue of the COVID-19 Snapshot underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency.
President Biden announced he will deploy over 120 military medical personnel to hospitals in six states hit hard by the new COVID-19 variant: Michigan, New Mexico, New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Rhode Island.
Palliative care is the medical sub-specialty that treats the symptoms and stresses of serious illness.
To ensure continuation of critical 1135 waivers and Medicaid coverage flexibilities, the AHA today urged Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to renew for at least another 90 days the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration, and President Biden to extend for another year the鈥
Details on recent information on treating and preventing COVID-19.
鈥淔lurona鈥 is a term coined in late 2020 by the Israeli Outbreak Management Advisory Team to describe the potential for contracting the flu and COVID-19 simultaneously. People nationwide are testing positive for both the flu and COVID-19.
January 11, 2022
President Joseph R. Biden
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Biden:
January 11, 2022
The Honorable Xavier Becerra
Secretary
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201