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Bechara Choucair, M.D., senior vice president and chief health officer for Kaiser Permanente and former White House vaccine coordinator, closed the conference today with lessons learned from fighting COVID-19.

Cybersecurity authorities in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States today urged companies that deliver, operate or manage information and communications technology services and their customers to implement certain best practices to secure sensitive data.

HRSA yesterday released another $450 million in American Rescue Plan Act payments to rural health care providers.

The median labor expense per discharge has increased by more than one-third since 2019, with the median wage rate for contract nurses over three times higher than for employed nurses.

FDA yesterday approved using baricitinib to treat COVID-19 in certain hospitalized adults, and warned not to use a Skippack Medical Lab test.

Michelle Hood, AHA executive vice president and chief operating officer, kicked off day 2 of the 2022 Accelerating Health Equity Conference in Cleveland today by referencing Tuesday’s keynote address.

AHA is providing new resources to help hospitals and health systems advance digital health equity among historically marginalized populations.

The AHA and other national health care organizations yesterday urged HHS to maintain the public health emergency until it’s clear that the global pandemic has receded and the capabilities authorized by the PHE are no longer necessary. 

A GE Healthcare facility that makes the contrast media in Shanghai, China, had to shut down temporarily due to a COVID-19 lockdown.

NHSC-approved sites can recruit and retain qualified providers through NHSC scholarship and loan repayment programs.

During National Hospital Week, the AHA and its American Organization for Nursing Leadership are running ads thanking the 6.3 million dedicated women and men who have worked tirelessly and courageously at America’s hospitals and health systems to care for their communities during the pandemic.

AHA today launched the 2022 Accelerating Health Equity Conference in Cleveland, convening more than 700 stakeholders whose work intersects health care and equity issues. 

FDA issues updates on a COVID-19 monoclonal antibody and antiviral pill, and certain Fresenius Medical Care hemodialysis machines.

The agency is investigating 109 potential hepatitis cases of unknown cause in U.S. children since last October, including five deaths.

The guidance is intended to help state policymakers identify and address related issues during and after the public health emergency.

The first edition uses temperature projections to highlight counties at higher risk from extreme heat.

Hospital employment remains over 90,000 below its March 2020 peak, but has grown in 16 of the past 25 months for a slow but steady job recovery.

It’s National Hospital Week — an annual event of seven days to recognize the 5,000 hospitals, health systems and networks, as well as the more than 6 million people, who provide care to individuals and communities.

CDC is investigating 109 potential hepatitis cases of unknown cause in U.S. children since last October; over 90% of the patients were hospitalized.

Based on an updated analysis, FDA said the risk of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome warrants limiting the vaccine to certain adults.