COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics
Two separate efforts are underway to provide the public with a combination vaccine that would deliver simultaneous protections against COVID-19 and influenza.
President Biden today will announce six new mitigation steps for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic.
The AHA is recruiting people who work in health care settings to submit short videos, shot on their mobile devices, which encourage and support their unvaccinated colleagues to get the shot.
The American Medical Association published eight new Current Procedural Terminology codes for providers administering COVID-19 vaccines.
According to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research, hospitalization for COVID-19 for children and adolescents increased four-fold in August in states with low levels of vaccination, compared with states with high levels.
The Department of Health and Human Services is making temporary changes to its distribution policies for monoclonal antibody therapies, with an eye on maintaining sufficient supply to meet current and future demand.
Clinicians at Appalachian Regional Healthcare System in North Carolina held a COVID Care Vigil and talked frankly about the resurgence in COVID-19 hospitalizations: “This wave has broken our spirits.”
After vaccinating patients at discharge at one of its hospitals, University of Rochester Medicine deployed the process across its entire care network.
We’re trying to reach hospital and health system employees that have yet to be vaccinated. Using your phone, we need you to record a short message about why it’s important that people in heath settings get vaccinated.
Like many U.S. hospitals and health systems, Banner Health is mandating that all employees be fully vaccinated, sending a strong message to the communities it serves.