[ad_1] Drugmaker Moderna asked the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults. The […]

[ad_1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, many women have had to put their careers on hold to look after children who are remote learning, to care for elderly or […]

[ad_1] That could mean additional training sessions to ensure that nursing home employees properly use reporting tools such as the Nosocomial Outbreak Reporting Application, or NORA, DiNapoli said. […]

[ad_1] Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said Thursday that the department may readjust Medicare Part B premiums next month while it looks to work with Congress […]

[ad_1] The billions of dollars invested in COVID vaccines and COVID-19 research so far are expected to yield medical and scientific dividends for decades, helping doctors battle influenza, […]

[ad_1] Nearly three dozen companies worldwide will soon start making generic versions of Pfizer’s coronavirus pill, the U.N.-backed Medicines Patent Pool that negotiated the deal said Thursday. The […]

[ad_1] Missouri state Rep. Tricia Derges is pushing a bill to give assistant physicians like herself a pathway to becoming fully licensed doctors in the state. Not that […]

[ad_1] President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 coordinator Jeff Zients and his deputy Natalie Quillian are leaving the administration next month, the White House announced Thursday. They will be replaced […]

[ad_1] Hospital systems are making the case to Congress that Medicare should continue covering hospital-at-home care after the public health emergency, arguing it could improve health outcomes, lower […]

[ad_1] Alex Kacik: Short staffed hospitals, nursing homes and other providers across the country are turning to staffing agencies to mitigate labor shortages. Meanwhile, wages for travel nurses […]