Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The AHA released the latest edition of the COVID-19 Snapshot, underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency
A documentary premiering in Washington, D.C., and opening in theaters Nov. 19 features doctors, nurses and patients at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Queens, N.Y., as they navigate the early days of the COVID-19 crisis, Axios AM reports.
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted to recommend an emergency use authorization of Pfizer鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine for children age 5-11.
In a study comparing 6.4 million COVID-19 vaccine recipients with 4.6 million demographically similar unvaccinated persons, recipients of the Pfizer, Moderna or Janssen vaccines had lower non-COVID-19 mortality risk than did the unvaccinated comparison groups, the Centers for Disease Control and鈥
A recent study published in JAMA Health Forum that examines CARES Act Provider Relief Funds allocated to health care providers misses the point of those payments and makes arbitrary choices about which payments to include, writes Ashley Thompson, AHA senior vice president for public policy analysis鈥
A recent study published in JAMA Health Forum (鈥淎ssociation Between COVID-19 Relief Funds and Hospital Characteristics in the U.S.鈥) that examines CARES Act Provider Relief Funds allocated to health care providers misses the point of those payments and makes arbitrary choices about which payments鈥
In a letter to Sens. AHA expresses support for the Student Assisted Vaccination Effort Act (S. 2114).
The National Institutes of Health will use $70 million from the American Rescue Plan Act for a program to speed development of accurate and reliable over-the-counter tests for COVID-19, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.
Oct. 26 is the deadline for health care providers to apply to the Health Resources and Services Administration for a portion of $25.5 billion in COVID-19 relief funds.
Increased health care use and intensity of services have been the key drivers of health care spending growth as the U.S. population continues to age, with hospital price growth averaging just 2% annually from 2010 to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released today by the鈥