Dive Brief: The American Hospital Association is asking HHS to extend the public health emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency, declared at the end of January, is set to expire in five weeks. AHA is requesting the emergency status be continued until multiple criteria are met regarding the availability of necessary supplies for testing… Read More »
As he went to bed on 30 December 2019, Jack Egan checked the Fires Near Me app to see the progress of a bushfire bearing down on his home on Australia’s east coast. Almost 30kms away, he expected the blaze would die down overnight. But at 6am the alerts and text messages began to arrive.… Read More »
Healthcare workers on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 say there aren’t enough supplies for what’s likely to come next as the novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout the United States. As case numbers rise, doctors, nurses and others have taken to Twitter with the hashtag #GetMePPE — referring to personal protective equipment,… Read More »
The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) has updated COVID-19 guidance for ophthalmologists and other eyecare providers to help further reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 within communities. The Academy’s Board of Trustees met on March 18, and at that meeting voted unanimously to strongly urge all ophthalmologists and other eye care providers against… Read More »
Bruce Greenstein of LHC Group gives President Trump an elbow bump during a press conference on Friday. President Donald Trump on Friday declared the coronavirus a national emergency, freeing billions in funding for states and relaxing rules for providers and hospitals. In addition, the president announced a public and private partnership with retailers and labs… Read More »
The World Health Organization today declared the coronavirus a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today confirmed its first case of the spread of the coronavirus by person-to-person contact, bringing the total number of cases in this country to six. In all of the other… Read More »
A county in New York City’s northern suburbs declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people. It hopes a ban against unvaccinated children in public places wakes their parents to the seriousness of the problem. “It’s an attention grab, there’s no question about it,” Rockland County Executive… Read More »