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The Food and Drug Administration issued guidance implementing section 3121 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, which requires manufacturers to notify FDA of a permanent discontinuance or significant interruption in the manufacture of certain medical devices to prevent or…
The AHA urged the American Bankers Association to encourage its member financial institutions to commit to working expeditiously with hospital and health system borrowers who are unable to meet financial and operating covenants because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized the first serology test in which independent federal data provided the scientific evidence used to support the authorization.
SARS-CoV-2 may spread from individuals who are presymptomatic or asymptomatic, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report based on epidemiologic, virologic and modeling studies before CDC recommended widespread use of face masks.
The CDC updated guidance designed to keep health care personnel safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, along with patient isolation strategies to ensure consistency in CDC’s criteria for patient discontinuation of transmission-based precautions and health care personnel return-to-work guidance.
In its recently updated report “COVID-19 Models: Forecasting the Pandemic’s Spread,”, AHA looks at five new COVID-19 forecasting models, including two free AHA tools to help visualize the nation’s hospital bed capacity.
In a new report, the AHA estimates that the financial impact to hospitals and health systems from COVID-19 expenses and revenue losses over the four-month period from March 1 and June 30 totals $202.6 billion, with losses averaging over $50 billion per month.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied the federal government’s request to lift pending appeal a preliminary injunction blocking a presidential proclamation requiring most individuals seeking to enter the United States via an immigrant visa to have approved health insurance coverage…
The national generosity movement known as Giving Tuesday has designated May 5 as #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving in response to the unprecedented need caused by COVID-19.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, is enrolling 2,000 U.S. families in a study to help determine the COVID-19 infection rate in U.S. children and their family members, and the share of infected children who develop symptoms.