COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities

An American Hospital Association (AHA) Advancing Health podcast discusses the importance of COVID-19 vaccines for mom and baby.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released a report this week describing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioral health in the United States.
A large majority of people who died from COVID-19 during the latest Omicron wave were elderly, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which underscores the value of a second booster shot in this population.
Despite robust immune responses to the original SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, many vaccinated individuals remained vulnerable to infection with the omicron variant of the virus
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned last week that counterfeit at-home tests for COVID-19 are circulating within the United States.
Home health care (HHC) agencies' influenza vaccination policies are associated with reduced respiratory infection-related hospitalizations among older patients
The Joint Commission approved a new infection prevention and control standard and its elements of performance.
This week, the Food and Drug Administration issued an update ending emergency use authorization for sotrovimab
A U.K. study found no association between COVID-19 symptoms and the ability of infected people to infect to others.