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The ransomware uses remote desktop protocol and firewall vulnerabilities and phishing campaigns to access victim networks.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday advised people who get a negative result from an at-home COVID-19 antigen test to test themselves again after 48 hours to reduce the risk of missing an infection and spreading the virus to others.
The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday released new guidance on ordering, reporting, payment and cost-sharing for the COVID-19 monoclonal antibody therapy bebtelovimab, a treatment option for outpatients at high risk for hospitalization that begins transitioning from HHS to…
The FDA announced a Class 1 recall of devices used to access blood vessels through a patient’s bone because the devices may malfunction, and recommended customers quarantine the devices.
HHS purchased $26 million worth of intravenous TPOXX (tecovirimat) to treat monkeypox, which the manufacturer expects to deliver next year.
The CDC released updated guidance to help people protect themselves and others if they are exposed to, sick or test positive for COVID-19.   
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday issued an emergency use authorization allowing health care providers to administer the JYNNEOS vaccine intradermally to adults and subcutaneously to children at high risk for monkeypox infection, without an individual prescription for each vaccine…
As the health care workforce faces unprecedented challenges and opportunities to redefine care delivery and encourage the next generation of leaders, Tom Yackel, M.D., president of the faculty practice plan at VCU Health in Virginia and past chair of AHA’s Committee on Clinical Leadership, shares…
The Department of Health and Human Services today released the Environmental Justice Index, a tool to help policymakers and communities identify health risks from pollution and other environmental hazards.
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra today took action that will allow the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner to grant emergency use authorizations for monkeypox vaccines.