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The Health Resources and Services Administration released fact sheets in English and Spanish on patient rights and provider responsibilities regarding access to COVID-19 vaccines.
An independent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee recommended immediate resumption of the administration of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., D-NJ, re-introduced the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3) with other Democratic committee leaders.
The AHA urged leaders of the House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies to consider the potential effect their health care funding decisions for fiscal year 2022 will have on hospitals’ ability to care for their patients and communities…
The AHA has released a new video showing examples of what the hospital and health system field has been able to accomplish during the past year, including recent legislative efforts that have provided critical support and resources.
In this AHA Advancing Health podcast, Sara Jumping Eagle, M.D., and Jonathan Merrell, R.N., both of the Indian Health Service, discuss plans to reduce the disproportionate COVID-19 infection rates in Indigenous communities through vaccine distribution and an administration strategy with national…
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a number of innovations in health care delivery that have the potential to positively alter how care is provided, and hospital-at-home is one of those promising models, writes Julia Resnick, senior program manager, strategic initiatives, at the AHA.
Health leaders from across the U.S. convened to discuss the unique challenges facing rural communities and providers in addressing COVID-19 vaccine administration, confidence and barriers to access.  
The Department of Health and Human Services has renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency declaration for another 90 days effective April 21. The extension will help hospitals and health systems combat COVID-19 in their communities. 
President Biden announced that the nation has administered its 200 millionth COVID-19 vaccine dose, a milestone reached earlier than projected when vaccines were first authorized for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration.