The CDC’s recommended immunization schedules for adults and children now include the COVID-19 vaccine.
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FDA warns pharmacies, healthcare staff to avoid drug with aluminum risk
The FDA warned healthcare workers and pharmacies on Feb. 9 not to use an unapproved potassium phosphates drug made by Hospira, a Pfizer company, in pediatric patients because the aluminum exposure can be up to double the agency’s limit.
Digital health: Who's up, who's down
The digital health market is constantly changing, with startups coming on the scene and more established companies restructuring their strategies.
Johns Hopkins to sunset COVID-19 tracker
The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center plans to shut down March 10, officials told NPR in a Feb. 10 report.
Google, Health-ISAC partner on healthcare cybersecurity
Google Cloud has joined the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center’s threat operations center and will work with the organization to develop an open sourced integration that connects the Health-ISAC Indicator Threat Sharing feed directly into G…
Killnet's attacks on hospital websites had little effect, CISA says
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said the recent attacks on U.S. hospitals and health system websites by Russian hacking group Killnet did not cause any significant damage, The Record reported Feb. 7.
CDC unable to identify source of infection spread in Oklahoma
Two Oklahoma counties where 53 residents have become infected with Campylobacter and Shiga-toxin producing E. coli still don’t have answers, KFOR 4 News reports.
XBB.1.5's prevalence jumps to 75%: CDC
The highly transmissible omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about three-fourths of all COVID-19 cases reported nationwide, according to the CDC’s latest estimates.
Former Trinity Health accounting manager accused of stealing $2M
Cindy Sue Norgren, the former accounting manager at a Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health hospital, was charged with embezzling $2 million from the Michigan health system, mlive.com reported Feb. 9.
Virginia hospital's pharmacy abruptly closes
Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Va., abruptly closed its pharmacy Feb. 8 because its lease expired, according to NBC affiliate WAVY.
