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Our hospitals and health systems are not immune to violence, but they have made great efforts to curb it, writes AHA Board member and Hospitals Against Violence advisory group chair Mary Beth Kingston, R.N.

The Government Accountability Office this week appointed two new members to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission and reappointed four current members.

AHA encourages hospitals, health systems, community organizations, public health departments and other partners to participate by using #CHIWeek on social media to share stories, events and ways to promote health and reducing health inequities.

AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence gathered more than 217 health care professionals and community partners to hear from human trafficking experts, survivors and health care leaders who are working to advance anti-trafficking efforts in their organizations.

The National Institutes of Health yesterday reported that a healthy diet from around the time of conception through the second trimester may reduce for women the risk of several common pregnancy complications.

On June 4, AHA’s Hospitals Against Violence initiative encourages everyone to stand together for the fifth-annual #HAVhope Friday. This national day of awareness unites hospitals, health systems, nurses, doctors and other professionals to highlight programs and initiatives that help mitigate violence in the workplace and their communities.

New research by the National Institutes of Health has confirmed the safety of blood donation and transfusions from COVID-19. NIH concluded that transfusions’ likelihood of infection transmission is a little over 1 in 100,000, or 0.001%.

Moderna yesterday announced an agreement to use Thermo Fisher Scientific to increase the scale of its COVID-19 vaccine finish/fill sterile manufacturing. The deal will enable production to begin in the third quarter of 2021.

The National Institutes of Health yesterday announced the start of a phase 1/2 clinical trial to investigate the safety and immunogenicity of mixed boosted COVID-19 vaccination regimens.

The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced a new type of public-private partnership to accelerate the development and commercialization of technologies and medical products needed to respond to, or prevent, future public health emergencies, such as pandemics, and other health security threats.

President Biden today announced a national month of action to mobilize the nation to get vaccinated against COVID-19 before the Fourth of July. The White House’s goal is to get 70% of U.S. adults vaccinated with at least one shot by July Fourth. 

The AHA tomorrow, June 3, at 1 p.m. ET will host a webinar featuring Michael Fallahkhair, senior advisor for Federal Office of Rural Health Policy at the Department of Health and Human Services, who will discuss federal funding opportunities to assist rural hospitals and rural health clinics with efforts related to COVID-19 testing, mitigation and vaccination.

The Food and Drug Administration is warning health care providers and the public not to use two COVID-19 antigen and antibody tests, due to high risk of false results.

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency May 28 issued a joint cyber advisory in response to a sophisticated spearphishing campaign targeting government organizations, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations.

The Campaign for Sustainable Rx Pricing (CSRxP), of which the AHA is a founding member, launched new television and digital advertising encouraging policymakers to hold brand name drug companies accountable.

As hospitals and health care systems work to provide the best care possible while also being efficient with the transformative financial burdens brought on by COVID-19, “partnerships have been a necessary response to these pressures,” writes Kenneth Kaufman, managing director and chair of management consultancy KaufmanHall.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 28 issued a new informational bulletin on COVID-19 vaccines for adolescents ages 12 and older, which addresses access and eligibility, along with information on patient outreach and education.

A new AHA data tool lets hospitals compare their financial and operational performance anonymously with their peers based on revenue flow.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that rates of breastfeeding initiation have increased during the past decade but racial and ethnic disparities in breastfeeding persist.

President Biden May 28 submitted to Congress his budget request for fiscal year 2022.