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The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency advised organizations to protect their computer networks from known vulnerabilities in FortiOS, the operating system for the Fortinet network security system.
Johnson & Johnson will soon start testing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in U.S. adolescents, the company announced.
The Biden-Harris administration sent Congress its first-year drug policy priorities, as required by each new administration. 
The Food and Drug Administration alerted health care providers to the risk of infections associated with reprocessed urological endoscopes, used to view and access the urinary tract, citing over 450 medical device reports since 2017 describing post-procedure patient infections or other possible…
The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission yesterday recommended that Congress require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to transition to a Medicare indirect medical education adjustment that considers both inpatient and outpatient care, although commissioners raised concerns the…
AHA’s Hospital Community Collaborative, now in its second year, is seeking hospitals and community groups for its 2021 cohort to explore community-level health disparities caused, exacerbated or illuminated by COVID-19. 
Hospitals and health systems lost 600 jobs in March, as U.S. jobs overall increased by 916,000, according to preliminary data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is the third consecutive month of hospital job losses. 
The Food and Drug Administration authorized several SARS-CoV-2 serial screening tests for asymptomatic individuals.
The Food and Drug Administration said that Moderna can add up to 50% more doses per vial of its COVID-19 vaccine. Moderna had been shipping 10-dose vials; the FDA’s change will enable shipments to contain up to 15 doses per vial. 
The Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will host its 32 annual Quest for Excellence Conference April 12-15.