Emergency Readiness
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday issued interim guidelines for U.S. health care providers caring for infants born to mothers who traveled or lived in an area with Zika virus transmission during their pregnancy.
This report explores the unique role of hospitals and its critical importance to the health care system; analyzes the nature of demand and the basic and specialized resources required to meet it; outlines the capacity and financing pressures hospitals face in maintaining this role; and frames…
Trust for America’s Health, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and UPMC Center for Health Security today called on the United States to take additional steps to prepare for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus and other emerging infections.
June 11, 2 pm CDC telebriefing MERS. Replay and transcript
CDC MERS Health Alert Network update (June 2015)
MERS Checklist for Healthcare Facilities
Lack of Transmission among Close Contacts of Patient with Case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Imported into the United States, 2014
This report explores the standby role and its critical importance to our nation’s health care system. It outlines the pressures hospitals face and frames critical economic and policy questions that must be addressed to ensure future hospital standby capacity can meet the growing health and public…