COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
The Biden Administration will end on May 11 the COVID-19 national and public health emergencies declared in 2020.
Mary Ann Fuchs, DNP, RN, discusses her leadership actions during the pandemic in the December issue of Nurse Leader.
Five health organizations last week released a toolkit for clinicians in post-acute and long-term care settings about the benefits of the COVID-19 bivalent booster and oral antiviral therapeutics.
The American Hospital Association this week released a Thanksgiving-focused toolkit to promote COVID-19 vaccination for children ages six months to four years old.
The National Academy of Medicine on Nov. 30 from 11:30 to 1:00 p.m. ET will host a webinar to discuss findings from the recent NAM publication, Emerging Stronger from COVID-19: Priorities for Health System Transformation, and related next steps.
Once the COVID-19 public health emergency ends and the federally purchased supply depletes, individuals will pay for tests, vaccines and treatments.
Children’s hospitals across the country are admitting a surge of children with respiratory syncytial virus.
A study concluded long-term care aides must have more support, including adequate staffing levels and resources, pandemic preparedness and mental health assistance.
The Department of Health and Human Services will launch a national advertising campaign and tour to encourage families to get the updated Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster.
The declining federal funding for COVID-19 “risks a backslide in pandemic protection, with disproportionate effects on the most vulnerable Americans,” states a commentary in the American Journal of Infection Control.