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The trial included 140 children who received the booster about 6 months after completing the primary vaccine series.
As urged by the AHA, HHS renewed the COVID-19 emergency declaration for another 90 days effective April 16.
CMS to convene stakeholders to share best practices; HRSA awards grants
Other notable speakers at the April 24-26 meeting include CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D.
In a study of adults previously infected with COVID-19, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines offered additional protection against reinfection leading to hospitalization.
The March of Dimes recently updated its implicit bias training modules to emphasize the importance of creating an action plan.
The AHA yesterday launched the newest poster in its People Matter, Words Matter series.
The National Academy of Medicine is launching an action collaborative in support of decarbonizing the U.S. health care sector.
The rule would decrease aggregate Medicare spending by $320 million compared with FY 2022.
Responding to the Lown Institute’s latest report on hospital community benefits, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack notes that financial assistance is only one part of a hospital’s total community benefit.
CDC today reported a 15% increase in syphilis among newborns in 2020, as well as a 7% increase in syphilis and 10% increase in gonorrhea in other Americans.
Sens. Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, last week introduced a Senate companion to the Rural Hospital Support Act.
As part of a White House initiative to reduce medical debt for consumers, HHS will ask more than 2,000 health care providers for data on their medical bill collection practices.
The agency last week extended the J&J vaccine's shelf life and authorized two COVID-19 tests.
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This week is Black Maternal Health Week, and April is National Minority Health Month. It’s an opportunity to “deepen the conversation” about black maternal health in the U.S. and to highlight the “important role individuals and organizations can play” in helping to reduce health disparities and improve the health of racial and ethnic minority communities.
The final rule also codifies guidance on applying the changes beginning in contract year 2023.
MACPAC calls on CMS to increase transparency and oversight of directed payments in Medicaid managed care.
Medicare will only cover FDA-approved monoclonal antibodies that target amyloid to treat Alzheimer’s disease for beneficiaries enrolled in qualifying clinical trials.