HHS and the DOD will add $27.7 million to an existing $107 million contract to increase the nation's syringe and needle supplies by 75%. The goal is to maximize vaccine doses available to providers.
President Joe Biden asked U.S. intelligence officials to "redouble" their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the unlikely possibility that they lead to a Chinese lab.
An eHealth survey found that 1 in 3 insurers planned to change their benefits, with 9 in 10 of those insurers planning to adjust their telehealth and mental health benefits.
The Veterans Affairs Department failed to produce reliable cost estimates of upgrade to physical infrastructure, which are needed for its multibillion dollar EHR switch.
House Energy & Commerce Committee Chair Frank Pallone (D-N.J.) and Senate health committee chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said they will draft a public option proposal, throwing more political force behind the idea.
“Especially for patients who have been in the hospital a lot, to know that they can actually go home and sleep in their own bed and be with their family and have their pets by their side, it’s just really reassuring,” said Dr. Margaret Paulson, who leads the Mayo Clinic’s new home-based care program in rural Wisconsin.
The partnership will focus on developing artificial intelligence and data analytics tools to improve clinical care and workflow at HCA Healthcare, according to the for-profit hospital chain.
Gathered in Brussels for a two-day summit, the 27 leaders backed a text in which they pledge to continue efforts "to increase global vaccine production capacities in order to meet global needs."
