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A series of free videos from Med Tac offers guidance on how essential workers and the public can stay safe during the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The AHA, American Medical Association, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and United States Pharmacopeia convened a virtual summit to examine the resilience of the U.S. pharmaceutical supply chain in light of the current state of global pharmaceutical manufacturing.
The National Institutes of Health announced clinical trials to investigate the safety and efficacy of a synthetic antibody therapy in COVID-19 patients.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will allow health insurers to offer premium reductions for individuals with 2020 coverage in the individual and small group markets when consistent with state law, the agency announced.
The Department of Health and Human Services released specifications for reporting certain COVID-19 laboratory data as required by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
The AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow hospitals receiving periodic interim payments to carry out their accelerated payment repayment at cost settlement, as was initially communicated by the agency.
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled against the Department of Labor regarding its regulations related to certain expanded paid leave authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
President Trump Aug. 3 signed an executive order on “improving rural health and telehealth access,” with directives to: launch a new payment model for rural health care; develop and implement a strategy to improve rural health care infrastructure.
The Department of Health and Human Services updated its guidance and FAQs regarding the agency’s request for daily COVID-19-related hospital data reporting.
The FBI today alerted the private sector to a sophisticated and aggressive nation-state campaign targeting known critical and common vulnerabilities in virtual private networks, initially reported by the government last year.