Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19)
The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced $10 billion allocated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to help states and territories provide COVID-19 testing for teachers, school staff and students.
The House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on workplace safety in the era of COVID-19, an issue also raised by the Biden administration.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expects the highly contagious coronavirus variant first identified in the United Kingdom to become the dominant U.S. variant of the virus by the end of March.
The NCSBN is offering eligible vaccinators, such as nurses and physicians, the opportunity to volunteer to administer the COVID-19 vaccine in one convenient location.
The risk of death from COVID-19 is more than 60% higher for obese adults than for their counterparts with a healthy body mass index.
A study of more than 5,000 hospital admissions for COVID-19 found antibiotics were prescribed more than half the time, even though only a fifth of patients were suspected or found to have bacterial pneumonia.
Researchers hope molnupiravir, which can easily be given in outpatient settings, will be useful in preventing severe COVID-19,
Effective March 15, the Joint Commission will return to unannounced onsite surveys and other standard procedures, which were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic.
To give front-line nurses an opportunity to nurture their minds and hearts, Cynda Rushton, PhD, RN, will co-lead a half-day virtual retreat, Restoring Wholeness in Turbulent Times.
Researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. used proteomic profiling—a technique to screen for multiple proteins in the blood—to analyze blood samples taken