Seventeen American passengers from the MV Hondius — the Dutch-flagged cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak — arrived at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha early May 11, with one passenger who tested positive…
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The CDC has classified a hantavirus outbreak linked to an MV Hondius cruise ship as a level 3 emergency response — the agency’s lowest level of emergency activation — as U.S. health officials monitor passengers across five states. The CDC…
The Joint Commission and National Association of Community Health Centers said May 6 they are collaborating to curate education, training and advisory services tailored to community health centers. In coming months, the organizations plan to launch an accreditation program for…
The FDA has blocked publication of multiple studies examining the safety of COVID-19 and shingles vaccines, despite findings that serious side effects were rare, according to a May 5 report from The New York Times. The studies analyzed millions of…
The Trump administration has filed notice that it will appeal a federal court ruling that blocked changes to the U.S. childhood vaccine schedule, the latest turn in an ongoing legal and regulatory battle over the CDC’s vaccine advisory panel. The…
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The CDC sent an alert to state and local health departments April 27, warning that additional measles cases are expected over the next few months. “With continued measles transmission in areas across North America and expected increases in international and…
NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue has launched a “mystery patient” program to help healthcare facilities strengthen preparedness for avian influenza and other infectious diseases. The program will send trained clinical evaluators posing as patients with symptoms and exposure histories consistent with…
Sixteen years after the ACA was signed into law, the program is facing renewed political scrutiny, rising costs and coverage shifts. Federal policymakers have proposed changes to ACA structure and oversight, while the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits has…
The FDA has launched its first two real-time clinical trials in partnership with Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania, AstraZeneca, Amgen and Paradigm Health. The real-time clinical trial model allows the FDA to review…
South Carolina has declared an end to a measles outbreak totaling 997 cases — the largest in the U.S. in more than 35 years — with officials crediting healthcare workers, schools and families for preventing wider spread. The outbreak began…