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Public health emergency will continue beyond July, Bloomberg reports
The Department of Health and Human Services will extend the public health emergency beyond the current end date of July 15, Bloomberg has reported.
AHA and ANA praise leniency in sentencing for RaDonda Vaught
The American Hospital Association and the American Nurses Association said they are grateful for the court’s leniency in sentencing former nurse RaDonda Vaught to three-years probation instead of prison time for giving the wrong drug to a 75-year old p…
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.
