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CDC alerts clinicians to respiratory virus activity in Southern states

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention alerted clinicians to an increase in Respiratory Syncytial Virus since late March in certain Southern states.

CDC reports significant increase in ED visits for adolescent suicide attempts

A study comparing suspected emergency department visits for adolescent suicide attempts between February and March of this year to the same period in 2019 showed an increase of 50.6% among girls aged 12-17 years and 3.7% for boys in the same age range, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported.

FDA: Don’t use antigen test made by Innova Medical Group

The Food and Drug Administration warned health care providers and the public not to use an antigen test for COVID-19 made by Innova Medical Group and distributed under several names.

AHA Board Chair Hochman touts hospital-community partnerships in Modern Healthcare op-ed

Hospital and community collaborations drive meaningful change to meet basic human needs, improve care and advance innovation, writes AHA Board Chair Rod Hochman, M.D., president and CEO of Providence, in an op-ed published today in Modern Healthcare.

HRSA awards $424 million for rural health clinics’ COVID-19 testing and mitigation

The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $100,000 each to more than 4,200 rural health clinics to maintain and increase COVID-19 testing; expand access to testing for rural residents; and broaden efforts to mitigate COVID-19’s spread in ways tailored to their local communities.

CDC urges point-of-discharge COVID-19 vaccinations at emergency departments, urgent care settings

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking jurisdictions to distribute portions of their COVID-19 vaccine allocations to enable administration at hospitals, emergency departments and urgent care facilities following patients’ discharge.

As urged by the AHA, HHS to allow hospitals more time to spend COVID-19 emergency relief funds

As urged by the AHA and other groups, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that it is extending the deadline by which hospitals and other providers that received Provider Relief Fund money after June 30, 2020, must use their COVID-19 PRF payments.

President urged to include health care cybersecurity in infrastructure plans; DOJ prioritizes ransomware attacks

The Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council, whose members include the AHA, urged President Biden to include support for health care cybersecurity in a future phase of his infrastructure plan.
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AHA statement on the extension of the Provider Relief Fund

AHA statement on the extension of the Provider Relief Fund from President and CEO Rick Pollack.

2021 PDC Summit

The International Summit & Exhibition on Health Facility Planning, Design & Construction (PDC Summit) is the premiere event for over 1,000 health care and hospital facility senior lead