by Tara Bannow | Nov 24, 2020 | Healthcare, Hospitals
A ” trifecta of shortages ” is hampering the U.S. healthcare system’s ability to treat current and future COVID-19 patients, a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 Advisory Board said Wednesday. Michael Osterholm, director of the...
by Steven Ross Johnson and Rachel Cohrs | Nov 23, 2020 | Doctors, Hospitals
The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates passed several resolutions during their meeting this week. policy Most of the measures focused on addressing the two most notable public health concerns of 2020 — combating racial discrimination and...
by Associated Press | Nov 20, 2020 | Healthcare, Hospitals
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California voters have granted the state’s nearly broke first-of-its-kind stem-cell research program a desperately needed $5.5 billion cash infusion. Following Thursday’s vote count update, Proposition 14 had a 325,000-vote lead and 51%...
by modern healthcare | Nov 19, 2020 | Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals
An HHS COVID-19 public health emergency declaration tied to regulatory flexibilities and funding for healthcare providers is set to expire on Inauguration Day. A drawn-out vote count and the lack of a concession from President Donald Trump has slowed the transition...
by Associated Press | Nov 18, 2020 | Doctors, Healthcare, Hospitals
With a COVID-19 vaccine drawing closer, public health officials across the country are gearing up for the biggest vaccination effort in U.S. history — a monumental undertaking that must distribute hundreds of millions of doses, prioritize who’s first in line and...
by modernhealthcare | Oct 7, 2020 | Hospitals
Hospitals will be able to purchase remdesivir, Gilead Sciences’ antiviral drug used to treat hospitalized COVID-19 patients, directly from distributor AmerisourceBergen, federal authorities announced Thursday. Supplies of remdesivir, which is the only antiviral...
