Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are issuing this announcement to raise awareness of the threat to COVID-19-related research. The FBI is investigating the targeting and compromise of U.S. organizations conducting COVID-19-related…
We will hear the story of hospital heroes caring for COVID-19 patients at Marshall Medical Center located in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in Northern California. Marshall is a full service, 125-bed not-for-profit hospital with a Level 3 trauma center serving El Dorado and its…
This year, National Hospital Week (May 10-16) takes on a special significance. For months, we have watched with awe and gratitude as the 6 million women and men of America’s hospitals and health systems have fought courageously each and every day to protect the health of an entire nation.
House Democrats today unveiled the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act – a $3 trillion COVID-19 relief package. The House is expected to vote on the bill on Friday, and the Senate is not expected to take up the bill in its current form.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services May 12 and May 14 will host calls for hospitals, health systems and providers on COVID-19.
Deaths were 75% higher than usual in New York City between March 11 and May 2, with most of the estimated 24,172 increase likely due to COVID-19, according to a report by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released by the CDC.
A new AHA resource shares ways hospitals and health systems are caring for mothers and babies during the COVID-19 crisis.
The FDA authorized the emergency use of Fresenius Propoven 2% Emulsion, which the agency says "may be effective to maintain sedation via continuous infusion in patients greater than 16 years old with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 who require mechanical ventilation in an ICU setting."
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently provided hospitals with new Medicare blanket waivers to address the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The federal government continues to learn lessons about distributing COVID-19 therapeutics, such as remdesivir, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D., said at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing.