Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources and Special Communications

Below are links to AHA resources developed in response to novel coronavirus (COVID-19). For all coronavirus resources and news updates, visit our COVID-19 page.

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Hospitals and health systems work hard every day to provide great care in the most cost ef
Two years ago when I began my term as AONL President, in my first column for the Voice of Nursing Leadership
CHOP’s online flu season resource center offers preventive measures, a look back at the history of the flu vaccine, “Just the Vax” trivia game and a fast facts on-the-go app .
The challenges presented by COVID-19 are by no means over as members contend with variants and vaccine hesitancy. Still, there are learnings that can inform and improve how members continue to cope with this ongoing public health crisis.
Resilience, commonly defined as "the ability to quickly recover from challenges," has been a key theme of 2020 and will be vital moving forward.
This week, drug maker AstraZeneca requested an emergency use authorization (EUA) from the Food and Drug Administration for its long-acting antibody
Nursing students who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19 may be unable to fulfill the clinical requirements they need to graduate.
A report from the Department of Health and Human Services estimates COVID-19 vaccinations helped prevent 250,000 infections, 100,000 hospitalizations and 39,000 deaths
One way to help nurses resist burnout and refuel emotionally is through expressions of gratitude by their patients, families and co-workers, wrote the founders of the DAISY Award
As COVID-19 taught us, you can’t keep doing the same thing and expecting different results. Recent research from AONL put a spotlight on the challenges nurse managers have long faced but were exacerbated by the pandemic.
AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., is joined by Fritz Francois, M.D., chief medical officer at New York University Langone Health.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and eight other leading nursing organizations, including AONL, issued a policy brief to guide boards of nursing
We applaud the recent actions of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) allowing access to a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for nurses, physicians and others working in health care settings. We support every effort to protect the health and safety of those who are at higher risk for infection due to potential occupational exposure.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced the portal is now open for providers to
The prospect of flu cases this season swamping the United States as well as COVID-19 is grim; co-infection with both respiratory viruses could be deadly.
As COVID-19 and its emerging variants continue to spread and the cold and flu season begins, hospitals and health systems are preparing early this year.
During 2020, the United States was in lockdown and taking precautions against COVID-19 during much of the flu season.