The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced Dec. 28 that non-recordkeeping portions of the emergency temporary standard for healthcare workers, which includes rules regarding patient screening and certain medical management, will no longer be enforced, but rules regarding logs…
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Michigan is sticking to its current quarantine and isolation guidelines while its health department reviews evidence behind the newly shortened timeframes recommended by the CDC.
The U.S. reported nearly 489,000 new COVID-19 cases Dec. 29, nearly twice as high as the worst days from last winter's surge, according to The New York Times database. The new cases brought the seven-day average for new daily cases…
CMS is introducing a new option for state Medicaid programs to treat beneficiaries experiencing mental health or substance use crises.
Looking back at a year of ever-evolving "new normals," Becker's has compiled some of the biggest U.S. healthcare developments related to the pandemic in 2021.
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Younger Americans and white Americans account for an increasingly higher share of COVID-19 deaths than they did before all adults were eligible for vaccines, The New York Times reported Dec. 28.
Here are 17 COVID-19-related research findings covered by Becker's Hospital Review since Nov. 24:
The U.S. reported the highest number of new daily COVID-19 cases during the pandemic Dec. 28, a record that comes as the highly contagious delta and omicron variants continue to spread nationwide.
The omicron variant accounted for an estimated 58.6 percent of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. for the week ending Dec. 25, down from previous estimates, according to new data released Dec. 28 by the CDC.
The Maryland Hospital Association on Dec. 28 called on Gov. Larry Hogan to reinstate a public health emergency in the state, The Baltimore Sun reported.