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COVID-19 cases likely higher than data indicate

While COVID-19 patient hospitalization rates are lower this year than in previous years, experts agree there are likely more infections than captured by current surveillance systems.

COVID-19 reinfections are occurring in nursing homes, study finds

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.

CDC: COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb

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.

Podcast explores efforts to stop virus threat

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.

Study supports COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy

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 hospital admissions jump 12.1% in one week

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.

Recent Study on Pandemic Funding Narrow and Incomplete

America’s hospitals and health systems, regardless of size, location and ownership type, provided essential care to their patients and communities during the pandemic. Congress recognized the critical role hospitals play as the backbone of our health care system and swiftly took steps in the early days of the pandemic to provide support to ensure hospitals would remain resilient.

Gillette Children’s combats vaccine misinformation

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.

Podcast highlights community partnering to build vaccine confidence

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.

Nurse-led intervention reduced COVID-19 deaths

Bedside checklists applying evidence-based nursing-led interventions could be beneficial as a public health emergency response, according to a study.