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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response today awarded a $12 million contract to support advanced development of an experimental drug for Ebola. In non-human primate studies, the drug (BCX4430) was effective against the…
Every day, more than 750 elementary school students in Norwalk, Conn., arrive at school early for 45 minutes of jumping jacks, lunges, sprinting in the halls and other exercises and physical activity. It’s called “Breakfast Boot Camp,” and it’s followed by a healthy…
The National Healthcare Safety Network now offers reports that can help hospitals target their infection prevention efforts, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today. The Targeted Assessment for Prevention reports allow authorized users to identify facilities within a group or…
Hospitals continue to appeal Recovery Audit Contractor claim denials, according to the latest report from the AHA's quarterly RACTrac survey. Hospitals participating in the fourth quarter of 2014 survey report appealing 46% of all RAC claim denials, with a 69% overturn rate in the appeals process.
The American health care worker being treated for Ebola virus disease at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD, has improved from serious to fair condition, NIH announced today. Admitted March 13, the patient tested positive for the disease while volunteering in an…
Two experimental Ebola vaccines appear to be safe, based on the first stage of a clinical trial in Liberia, the National Institutes of Health announced last week.
The Senate adjourned early this morning for a two-week recess without taking a vote on H.R. 2, legislation to permanently repeal the flawed Medicare physician sustainable growth rate formula. But Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says the chamber will take up the bill when it returns on April…
The Senate voted 52-46 early today to approve a budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, which would repeal the Affordable Care Act and adopt the president’s overall Medicare reductions of nearly $431 billion over 10 years.
Olympus America Inc. has issued new, validated manual reprocessing instructions for a specific duodenoscope model to replace those provided in the original labeling, the Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday. The company has a pending 510(k) application for the device (the TJF-…
The White House today issued a five-year plan to reduce the threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.