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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.