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The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Trafficking in Persons last week issued a request for information on forced labor in health care supply chains to inform implementation of the National Strategy for a Resilient Public Health Supply Chain and related efforts on forced labor.

On this episode, Wright L. Lassiter III, Chair, American Hospital Association, talks with Erin Fraher, associate professor in the Department of Family Medicine and research associate professor in the Department of Surgery at UNC School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C. She also is director of the Carolina Health Workforce Research Center, one of five national health workforce research centers in the U.S.

An overview of an AHA-convened panel at Aspen Ideas: Health, part of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Ideas Festival.

The AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering and American Society for Health Care Risk Management has named their new executive director.

HHS approved Colorado's Section 1332 State Innovation Waiver amendment request to create the "Colorado Option.

To increase monkeypox testing capacity during the U.S. outbreak, the CDC began shipping orthopoxvirus tests to five commercial laboratory companies.

The CDC endorsed Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-17.

CMS released Frequently Asked Questions regarding No Surprises Act implementation.

Following today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a statement from AHA General Counsel.

The House today voted to pass bipartisan legislation to help reduce gun violence in communities.

Earlier this year we formed the AHA Board of Trustees’ Task Force on Workforce, a key part of our ongoing efforts to sound the alarm about this national emergency and take steps to address it. The task force has worked to identify ideas, policies and solutions to support our current workforce and assure that we have enough health care workers to meet the future needs of our nation.

HHS announced nonprofit organizations and state and local governments can apply for funding to reduce unsheltered homelessness.

The AHA has elected to a vacancy on its Board of Trustees Kate Walsh, president and CEO of Boston Medical Center Health System.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices today unanimously recommended Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6-11 and adolescents aged 12

The House voted to pass the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-being Act.

AHA called on Congress to urge CMS to make two critical changes to the hospital inpatient prospective payment system proposed rule for FY 2023.

The CDC and Florida Department of Health are investigating at least 24 cases of meningococcal disease among gay and bisexual men.

The FDA approved the second generic naloxone nasal spray.

Federal agencies have updated their guidance for handling Category A solid waste, including waste that may be contaminated with monkeypox virus.

AHA released the first report in a three-part series that will offer immediate and longer term strategies to help hospital and health system leaders navigate workforce challenges and opportunities.