Many did not lose coverage because they were deemed ineligible during the redetermination process, but due to procedural reasons, such as not completing required paperwork.

Malissa Wood, MD, associate chief of cardiology for diversity and equity at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains the role of health equity in cardiovascular care and what her health system is doing to address it. 

Although the vaccine maker previously cut expenses by $50 million without laying off staff, the measures were not enough to keep pace with the effects of the COVID-19 global health emergency. 

News of the CDC director’s departure comes on the same day as an announcement made by the World Health Organization declaring the end of the COVID global health emergency.

Hospitals are seeing a return of the nursing workforce after many left their jobs during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We're not seeing high rates of XBB.1.16 yet in the United States, but it may become more prominent in coming weeks," says Matthew Binnicker, PhD, director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic.

The initiative aims to reverse the declining trend in childhood vaccination that has been recorded in more than 100 countries since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo altered important findings in a COVID-19 study with the intent to spread misinformation about vaccine safety.