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The Administration plans to continue the emergency beyond July 15, officials told CNN.
The action gives the HHS Secretary authority to allocate all ingredients necessary to manufacture infant formula in response to the U.S. shortage.
AHA Maternal and Child Health Council Chair Lara Khouri talks with SteelSky Ventures Founding Partner Maria Velissaris about women’s health and innovation through a health equity lens.
The mental health bill includes AHA-supported legislation that would reauthorize and expand a program that addresses maternal depression.
The grants will establish centers for excellence to build behavioral health capacity and advance equity.
The U.S. Postal Service has delivered about 350 million free at-home tests to households since January. On December 15, 2022, the Biden Administration announced its COVID-⁠19 Winter Preparedness Plan. As part of this plan, free COVID-19 tests are once again available through www.COVIDTests.gov.
In Winona, Minn., local leaders responded to their Community Health Needs Assessment findings by organizing a framework for community-based care coordination.
FDA today authorized a single booster dose for children 5-11 who completed the Pfizer vaccine primary series at least five months before.
The RAND Corporation’s latest hospital pricing report again “overreaches and jumps to unfounded conclusions based on incomplete data,” said AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack.
The AHA and other hospital groups urged the courts to require drug companies to fulfill their legal obligations.
The hospital field continues to need COVID-19 relief and support, writes AHA’s senior vice president for federal relations, advocacy and political affairs.
Hospital and health system leaders focused on health equity and/or diversity and inclusion initiatives in their organizations are encouraged to complete the survey.
In a letter today, AHA asked GE Healthcare to provide additional i
The AHA and other hospital and health care organizations Friday urged the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit to rehear Wit v.
by Wright L. Lassiter III, Chair, American Hospital Association
Talking about death or dying is an uncomfortable topic for many of us. Hospitals and health systems provide life-saving treatments and care for people as they recover from illness or injury. Just as important, health care organizations are transforming end-of-life care to better care for people with serious and life-limiting illness and their loved ones.
The original deadline to request an exception for reporting period 2 was May 13.
A Tennessee judge today sentenced a former nurse, who made a fatal drug error and was convicted of criminally negligent homicide earlier this year, to three years of probation.
AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack responds to a recent Wall Street Journal article.
AHA's senior associate director of health insurance coverage discusses how commercial insurers are impacting patient care through their policies.