COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics
The American Medical Association published eight new Current Procedural Terminology codes for providers administering COVID-19 vaccines.
According to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention research, hospitalization for COVID-19 for children and adolescents increased four-fold in August in states with low levels of vaccination, compared with states with high levels.
The Department of Health and Human Services is making temporary changes to its distribution policies for monoclonal antibody therapies, with an eye on maintaining sufficient supply to meet current and future demand.
Clinicians at Appalachian Regional Healthcare System in North Carolina held a COVID Care Vigil and talked frankly about the resurgence in COVID-19 hospitalizations: 鈥淭his wave has broken our spirits.鈥
After vaccinating patients at discharge at one of its hospitals, University of Rochester Medicine deployed the process across its entire care network.
We鈥檙e trying to reach hospital and health system employees that have yet to be vaccinated. Using your phone, we need you to record a short message about why it鈥檚 important that people in heath settings get vaccinated.
Like many U.S. hospitals and health systems, Banner Health is mandating that all employees be fully vaccinated, sending a strong message to the communities it serves.
Health care leaders plead for people to get vaccinated and mask up to slow one of the Tennessee鈥檚 biggest COVID-19 surges.
Hospitals are using first-person testimonies from COVID-19 survivors to emphasize the importance of vaccinations.
Moderna announced the completion of its biologic license application to the Food and Drug Administration for its mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The application comes with a request for priority review.