Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Food and Drug Administration issued an Emergency Use Authorization to ease ventilator supply shortages.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 testing priority guidance, which gives first priority to testing hospitalized patients and symptomatic health care workers.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar asked the nation’s governors to immediately allow health professionals licensed or certified in other states to practice in their state in person or through telemedicine.
The Senate late last night 96-0 passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (H.R. 748). The bill is the third large-scale congressional effort in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The House is expected to pass the legislation on Friday.
As more cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to spread throughout the United States, health care leaders are jumping into action to help test patients and treat those affected.
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The Senate 96-0 passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, (CARES/ H.R. 748). This bill is the third large-scale congressional effort in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The legislation reflects a bipartisan agreement between Senate leaders and the Trump…
Ensuring that health care workers have the personal protective equipment needed to protect themselves so they can treat COVID-19 patients is the top priority, AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack said on Fox and Friends.
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients contains viable antibodies to treat SARS-CoV-2 in the sickest patients.
he Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services says it has granted Section 1135 Medicaid waivers to an additional seven states.