President-elect Joe Biden detailed his national COVID-19 vaccination plan, including administering 100 million shots during his first 100 days as president, during a Jan. 15 speech, The New York Times reported.

President-elect Joe Biden unveiled a $1.9 trillion relief package Jan. 14 that includes more than $400 billion to fight the COVID-19 pandemic directly. 

Ten hospitals and health systems posted job listings for supply chain expertise in the last week:

As the COVID-19 pandemic has hit the long-term care industry particularly hard, with nursing home residents accounting for nearly 40 percent of virus related deaths in the U.S., the AARP staff recently spoke with experts to identify strategies that could ease the burden on the industry and improve resident care. 

The U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 14 vacated University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's $4.3 million HIPAA fine for losing more than 35,000 patients' protected health information.

Ten percent of rural hospitals in Texas haven't received any COVID-19 vaccine doses as of Jan. 14, CNN reported. 

Using the word "shot" could be ineffective in communication meant to encourage patients to receive COVID-19 vaccines, according to survey results released Jan. 14 by health insurer EmblemHealth.

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted many cracks in our nation's public health system and underscored the need to be better prepared for future outbreaks, four former CDC directors said during a Jan. 14 interview on NBC's "Today."

COVID-19 immunity lasts at least five months for people who have been infected by the virus and provides about 83 percent protection against reinfection, compared to those who haven't had the virus, according to a preliminary study conducted by scientists at Public Health England, an executive agency of the U.K.'s health department. 

Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health is launching six COVID-19 vaccination sites in the state and planning to administer 1 million doses by April, the health system announced Jan. 14.

The Department of Justice obtained more than $2.2 billion in fraud and false claims settlements and judgements in fiscal year 2020, and the bulk of those recoveries came from matters that involved the healthcare industry. 

Gary Conner has resigned as executive vice president and CFO of Tower Health.

The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services will implement a Cerner EHR so its 12 facilities can share health records on a single, unified platform, according to a Jan. 14 news release.

Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne broke ground Jan. 14 on its first clinic in Minnesota, according to local news station KTTC.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC won approval to acquire a 105-year-old hospital in Kilkenny, Ireland, according to a Jan. 14 report in KCLR. 

The American Hospital Association said it will suspend political donations to candidates who disputed the results of the Electoral College.

The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission voted Jan. 14 to recommend a 2 percent raise in Medicare payments for hospitals next year.

Wisconsin hospitals were on alert after a Jan. 12 mix-up concerning the security of COVID-19 vaccines, reports ABC affiliate WISN-TV.

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network, a nonprofit alliance of leading cancer centers, named Crystal Denlinger, MD, as senior vice president and chief scientific officer Jan. 14. Dr. Denlinger will start April 15. 

In a digital era, falsehoods abound. But media consumers shouldn't think of all falsehoods on the same terms, Renée DiResta, technical research manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, said at the Machines + Media 2020 event hosted by Bloomberg in July.