COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
Receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine or booster during pregnancy can benefit mothers and their newborn infants, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study.
COVID-19 hospitalization admissions rose to 9,056 for the week ending July 29 ─ a 12.1% jump over the prior week, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
An American Hospital Association podcast explores how Gillette Children’s Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn., fosters trust in COVID-19 vaccines and other necessary pediatric vaccinations as part of a larger goal of protecting families and their communities.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, MUSC Health in Charleston, S.C., explains how it collaborated with a school system and other community stakeholders to spread confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines.
Bedside checklists applying evidence-based nursing-led interventions could be beneficial as a public health emergency response, according to a study.
The Department of Health and Human Services will award $9 million in grants to clinics to help people with long COVID-19.
The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the pandemic was linked to a reduced likelihood of fatal drug overdoses among Medicare beneficiaries, a study found.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, Dwayne Gordon, MD, and Richard Pratley, MD, share lessons learned from AdventHealth’s treatment of patients with long COVID-19.
The American Hospital Association’s United Against the Flu Campaign this week released a social media toolkit to help hospitals and health systems encourage their communities to get vaccinated against the flu and COVID-19, including getting an updated COVID-19 booster.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added COVID-19 vaccines to the U.S. 2023 immunization schedules for adults and children.