COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities
COVID-19 hospital admissions rose 18.8% to 15,067 from Aug. 13 to Aug. 19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Residents in long-term care facilities who were infected with the BA.1 or BA.2 Omicron variant in 2022 were more likely to get COVID-19 again, compared with people in the facilities who never tested positive for the virus, according to research.
An American Hospital Association podcast discusses how St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, Idaho, provided respiratory care last fall during the triple threat of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus.
Receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine or booster during pregnancy can benefit mothers and their newborn infants, according to a National Institutes of Health-funded study.
COVID-19 hospitalization admissions rose to 9,056 for the week ending July 29 ─ a 12.1% jump over the prior week, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
An American Hospital Association podcast explores how Gillette Children’s Hospital in Saint Paul, Minn., fosters trust in COVID-19 vaccines and other necessary pediatric vaccinations as part of a larger goal of protecting families and their communities.
In an American Hospital Association podcast, MUSC Health in Charleston, S.C., explains how it collaborated with a school system and other community stakeholders to spread confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines.
Bedside checklists applying evidence-based nursing-led interventions could be beneficial as a public health emergency response, according to a study.
The Department of Health and Human Services will award $9 million in grants to clinics to help people with long COVID-19.
The expanded availability of opioid use disorder-related telehealth services and medications during the pandemic was linked to a reduced likelihood of fatal drug overdoses among Medicare beneficiaries, a study found.