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The Food and Drug Administration’s independent Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee Sept. 12 by unanimous vote declared oral phenylephrine ineffective as a decongestant.
As authorized Sept. 11 by the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today recommended a single dose of the updated Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for Americans aged 12 and older, and one or two doses of the updated vaccines for previously vaccinated…
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., Sept. 12 introduced the Safety from Violence for Healthcare Employees Act, AHA-supported legislation that would make it a federal crime to assault health care workers in hospitals, with enhanced penalties for assaults that result in serious…
Under the Department of Health and Human Services’ recent agreement with Regeneron to develop a new monoclonal antibody to prevent COVID-19, the U.S. list price for a new commercialized product could not exceed the retail price in comparable markets globally, HHS said.
Commenting on the physician fee schedule proposed rule for calendar year 2024, AHA urged the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to work with Congress to eliminate the budget neutrality cut to the payment update, expressing deep concern about the rule’s almost 3.3% proposed cut to…
In comments submitted today, AHA expressed strong concern about the proposed hospital outpatient market basket update, noting it “does not capture either the unprecedented inflationary environment or the other persistent financial headwinds hospitals and health systems are experiencing.”
Physical therapist Clare Fox with North Country Healthcare in New Hampshire shares with AHA’s Elisa Arespacochaga why she left her native England to pursue her health career dreams in the U.S., and how adopting the Lean Six Sigma process improvement approach has made all the difference.
A new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services fact sheet reviews how the agency selected the first 10 Part D drugs to include in the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, its process for negotiating with the companies that make the drugs, opportunities for public input and key dates for…
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline now offers American Sign Language services for people who are deaf and hard of hearing, the Department of Health and Human Services announced.
This season’s flu vaccines for the Southern Hemisphere have reduced the risk of being hospitalized for flu by 52%, based on mid-season data from five countries, suggesting the U.S. vaccines could provide similar protection if similar viruses continue to predominate, the Centers for Disease Control…