Susan Morse

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National Institutes of Health teams with WHO to license COVID-19 technologies

The National Institutes of Health has announced an agreement with the World Health Organization and the Medicines Patent Pool to make COVID-19 health technologies available worldwide.

Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health announce merger

Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health are merging and plan to transition to the new brand, Advocate Health, the organizations have announced.
The new organization will have a combined footprint across Illinois, Wisconsin, North Carolina, South Carol…

AHA asks HHS to continue the public health emergency until conditions stabilize

The American Hospital Association and more than a dozen other provider organizations have asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to keep the public health emergency until it is clear that the global pandemic has ended.

The pandemic is entering a new phase, but it’s not over, expert says

As the United States closes in on a million deaths due to COVID-19, experts from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on Tuesday weighed in on what’s next during “A New Phase of COVID-19: What Lies Ahead – from Surges to Long-Haulers.” 

Between 5.3 and 14.2 million people could lose Medicaid coverage at the end of the PHE

Between 5.3 million and 14.2 million low-income people could lose Medicaid coverage following the end of the public health emergency, KFF researchers find in a

BlueJeans unveils embedded telehealth function at ATA2022

BOSTON – At ATA2022, BlueJeans announced the next stage in its telehealth services offerings through a more personalized experience for providers and patients. 
Providers can now embed the telehealth function on their website rather than through an app…

FDA limits use of the J&J Janssen COVID-19 vaccine

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has limited the use of the  Johnson & Johnson Janssen COVID-19 vaccine due to rare blood clotting instances of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) after receiving the vaccine.

AMA says it is ‘deeply concerned’ by Roe v. Wade draft opinion

Three days after a leaked Roe v. Wade draft opinion was made public, the American Medical Association has released a statement expressing its concern over what a final ruling would mean for government interference in the patient-physician relationship.

ATA2022: The virtual reality of healthcare in the metaverse

BOSTON – The metaverse, the virtual but very real convergence of technology trends, is going to change our lives as once the Internet did, according to Cathy Hackl, chief Metaverse Officer, Futures Intelligence Group.
The metaverse is the successor sta…

Supreme Court draft opinion strikes down Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, according to a draft opinion leaked to Politico. Justice Samuel Alito wrote the draft majority opinion arguing that abortion is not in the Constitution and should be left to states to decide. 
The…