COVID-19: CDC, FDA and CMS Guidance
This page includes AHA Today stories and other AHA content on coronavirus COVID-19 guidance from the CDC, FDA, and CMS.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week endorsed a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for people aged 65 and older along with individuals moderately or severely immunocompromised to receive a second dose of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine six months…
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oct. 22 released final guidance detailing reporting requirements for the hospital respiratory data condition of participation.
The Food and Drug Administration Aug. 22 granted emergency use authorization for two new combined COVID-19 and influenza tests.
The Centers for Disease Control COVID-19 data tracker shows an 18.1% test positivity rate for the week ending Aug. 10, the highest it has been since January 2022.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Aug. 13 issued an advisory alerting of an uptick of cases of parvovirus B19 across the U.S.
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Adults age 65 and older are encouraged to receive an updated dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced April 25.
Paxlovid may no longer be distributed with an emergency use label after March 8, the Food and Drug Administration announced.
The Food and Drug Administration’s independent Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee Sept. 12 by unanimous vote declared oral phenylephrine ineffective as a decongestant.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted 17-3 to pass as amended the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Response Act (S. 2333), which would reauthorize the Hospital Preparedness Program at the current funding level of $385 million through fiscal year 2029.