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The Medicaid Meltdown: A Post-Pandemic Casualty in Need of Redress
It was on August 2, 2022 that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made it known that the national uninsurance rate stood at an all-time low of 8%.1 This remarkable development was chiefly attributable to the addition of over 15.5 million individuals to the national Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) rolls during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.1 These striking increments were principally attributable to the enactment of the “continuous enrollment provision” of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on March 18, 2020.
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - June 25, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Eli Y. Adashi, Daniel P. O'Mahony, Carmel Shachar Source Type: research

Drug-Resistant Yeast Infections Spread in COVID-19 Unit
Pandemic-related lapses in infection control practices may have caused an outbreak of multidrug-resistant Candida auris yeast infections in a Florida hospital ’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) unit, investigators from the CDC and the Florida Department of Health reported.
Source: JAMA - February 23, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

Retired Doctors, Nurses Will Be Approved to Give COVID Vaccine, White House Says
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 27, 2021 -- Retired doctors and nurses are being called to the front lines of the U.S. coronavirus vaccination effort, the White House COVID-19 Response team announced Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - January 27, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Pharmacies Partner With HHS to Provide COVID-19 Vaccines
Chain and independent pharmacies have partnered with the federal government to maximize access to coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines at no cost when they ’re available, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced.
Source: JAMA - December 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

The Importance of Reestablishing a Pandemic Preparedness Office at the White House
As the country tries to make sense of all that has happened during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, one idea that should cause little controversy is the importance of health to the security of the US, to its economy, and to the well-being of its citizenry. Given health ’s fundamental importance to national security, a disaster preparedness and response unit should be reestablished as part of the National Security Council (NSC) and remain there on a permanent basis. This response unit would be in addition to, not a replacement for, the Office of Pandemics and Eme rging Threats. The latter currently reside...
Source: JAMA - September 1, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research

On Answering the Call to Action for COVID-19: Continuing a Bold Legacy of Health Advocacy.
Authors: Morgan RC, Reid TN Abstract The indelible impacts on our nation from the Coronavirus pandemic along with high fatality rates that disproportionately burden racial and ethnic minorities necessitate long-term coordinated federal, state and local action to improve critical determinants of population health, specifically important health and public health infrastructures as well as emergency and disaster preparedness systems. While our purview as the new pandemic epicenter should be a sufficient driver, coordinated health professionals bringing thoughtful attention to our historical context may be warranted. P...
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - July 29, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Natl Med Assoc Source Type: research

On Answering the Call to Action For COVID-19: Continuing a Bold Legacy of Health Advocacy.
Authors: Morgan RC, Reid TN Abstract The disproportionately high burden of death and disability observed for racial and ethnic minorities under the Coronavirus pandemic necessitates sustained advocacy by the medical and public health communities around critical determinants of population health. Prompting our advocacy should be the understanding that our collective ability to rebound from such crises may ultimately hinge on protecting and equipping our most vulnerable racial-ethnic minority groups and any susceptible individuals within those populations. If proven effective, recent historic firsts by the U.S. Depar...
Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - June 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: J Natl Med Assoc Source Type: research

U.S. Earmarks $1.2 Billion for New Vaccine Deal as Coronavirus Deaths Near 95,000
FRIDAY, May 22, 2020 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Thursday it would provide up to $1.2 billion to the drug company AstraZeneca to develop a potential coronavirus vaccine from a lab in Oxford, U.K. The fourth, and largest,...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

An outdated law is limiting our coronavirus response
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to expose shortcomings in our health care system, an outdated law in many states limits the ability of specific health care workers, physician assistants (PAs), to deploy and provide emergency care. In Washington State, a PA must have a delegation agreement filed with the Department of Health, which identifies a […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more.
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 4, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/leah-hampson-yoke" rel="tag" > Leah Hampson Yoke, PA-C < /a > < /span > Tags: Policy COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Coronavirus Q & A: Former Utah Governor and HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt
US states are taking the lead in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. What can state governors expect from the federal government and from the US Department of Health and Human Services? Governor Mike Leavitt from Leavitt Partners joins JAMA Editor Howard Bauchner, MD, in this live Q&A. Recorded April 8, 2020.
Source: JAMA Author Interviews - April 10, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts

Editorial MERS-CoV: address the knowledge gaps to move forward
The first and second cases of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) infection in the USA were reported by the Indiana State Department of Health and the Florida Department of Health on May 1 and May 11, respectively, to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. These two cases, like all previous cases reported worldwide, have a Middle Eastern connection.
Source: LANCET - May 23, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The Lancet Tags: Editorial Source Type: research