COVID-19: Caring for Patients and Communities

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) last week released guidance dropping its requirement for
White House health leaders stated this week the public likely will need annual COVID-19 booster shots,
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week approved COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer and Moderna targeting the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will resume control of COVID-19 hospital data collection in mid-December
The AHA last week launched Just the Facts, a video offering a simple, but stark look the number of children getting infected, hospitalized and dying from COVID-19.
An American Hospital Association (AHA) Advancing Health podcast discusses the importance of COVID-19 vaccines for mom and baby.
The American Hospital Association (AHA) released a report this week describing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on behavioral health in the United States.
A large majority of people who died from COVID-19 during the latest Omicron wave were elderly, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which underscores the value of a second booster shot in this population.