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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, FBI and National Security Agency yesterday issued an advisory to help organizations secure their systems against Conti ransomware attacks, which have included health care targets in the U.S. and other countries.
HCA Healthcare and its Tulane Health System in New Orleans have donated $225,000 to community organizations to aid in Hurricane Ida recovery and relief efforts.
U.S. overdose deaths involving psychostimulants other than cocaine, largely methamphetamine, increased 180% among adults under age 65 between 2015 and 2019, to 15,489, according to a study by the National Institute on Drug Abuse published this week in JAMA Psychiatry. The number of people reporting…
John Riggi, AHA’s senior advisory for cyber security and risk, speaks with Edward You, supervisory special agent in the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, about the biggest national threats to the bioeconomy, medical research and innovation. Listen here.
Cordis Corporation recently recalled 25,000 catheters used to visualize and measure parts of the vascular system, due to the potential for their marker bands to move or dislodge during procedures. The Food and Drug Administration has identified this as a Class I recall due to the potential for…
In a study of more than 4,900 health care workers across 33 sites in 25 U.S. states, the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines were 89% and 96% effective, respectively, at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated workers, according to final results reported yesterday in the New…
The AHA today released the latest edition of the COVID-19 Snapshot, underscoring the persisting challenges facing hospitals and health systems during the ongoing public health emergency. The COVID-19 Snapshot combines important data points with news articles and testimonials from the field to…
The Food and Drug Administration today required certain COVID-19 test developers to evaluate how SARS-CoV-2 mutations impact their test’s performance and update the labeling for the product accordingly.
The Food and Drug Administration late last night amended Pfizer’s emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine to allow for an additional, booster dose for certain individuals. FDA will authorize a booster shot to be administered six months following a completed two-dose regiment for the…
The AHA’s American Organization for Nursing Leadership affiliate has elected as its 2022 president-elect Deborah Zimmermann.