COVID

Nashville Leaders Offer Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and Recommendations for Future Health Emergencies

Dec 01, 2021 at 03:38 pm by Staff

NashvilleHealth, in partnership with the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Health Care Council, and Meharry Medical College Center for the Study of the Social Dete.... Read More

COVID Test Accuracy Appears to Vary by Time of Day

Nov 15, 2021 at 04:58 pm by Staff

If you're getting tested for COVID-19 and you want to reduce the chances of a false negative, you might want to get swabbed in the early afternoon -- statistically speaking, 2.... Read More

AMA Urges Federal Court to Preserve OSHA Vaccination and Testing Mandate

Nov 15, 2021 at 04:56 pm by Staff

CHICAGO - The American Medical Association (AMA) urged the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to preserve the emergency temporary standard for COVID-19 vacci.... Read More

Healthcare Groups React to CMS Vaccine Requirements

Nov 10, 2021 at 12:00 am by Staff

Healthcare organizations from across the care continuum react to the new emergency regulation issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services requiring all eligible.... Read More

PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE APPROVED FOR AGES 5-11

Nov 04, 2021 at 09:28 am by Staff

Tennessee Department of Health offering Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to all eligible Tennesseans The Tennessee Department of Health shared that the Centers for Disease Con.... Read More

AMA announces CPT update to COVID-19 vaccine booster

Oct 29, 2021 at 12:01 pm by Staff

New code for Janssen booster added to codes created for Moderna and Pfizer boosters The American Medical Association (AMA) announced that the Current Procedural Terminology (C.... Read More

AMA Announces CPT Update for Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate

Oct 06, 2021 at 05:07 pm by Staff

Provisional codes assigned to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 CHICAGO -- The American Medical Association (AMA) today announced that the Current Procedura.... Read More

Reaction to Pfizer COVID Booster Recommendations

Sep 24, 2021 at 11:11 am by Staff

AMA Statement on CDC Director Recommendation for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Dose in Health Care Professionals The following statement is attributable to: Gerald E. Harmon.... Read More

NRHA vaccine confidence initiative launched

Sep 22, 2021 at 11:46 am by Staff

Community leaders, especially health professionals, know better than anyone that vaccine hesitancy among rural Americans means COVID-19 will linger in smaller communities for.... Read More

Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt President Among Experts To Testify Before Congress on Impact of COVID-19 in Children

Sep 22, 2021 at 10:50 am by Staff

With more than 225,000 children infected with COVID-19 nationwide, pediatric experts representing the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and Children's Hospital Association.... Read More