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AHA, other national groups urge Congress to increase funding for CHGME program
The AHA and other national health care organizations May 16 sent a letter to Senate and House appropriations leaders requesting $758 million in funding for the Children’s Hospitals Graduate Medical Education program for fiscal year 2025, an increase over prior funding allocations
Prevention Is the Prescription for Reducing Pediatric Sepsis
Chris DeRienzo, M.D., AHA’s Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive, discusses pediatric sepsis and what we can do to prevent, recognize and treat it.
AHA podcast: Creating a New Pipeline of Health Care Workers
The creators of Grady Health System’s Teen Experience and Leadership Program describe how providing hands-on internships for local teens is helping to build its workforce pipeline for decades to come.
HHS expands access to childhood vaccines during pandemic
The Department of Health and Human Services amended the declaration under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act to authorize state-licensed pharmacists and pharmacy interns under their supervision to order and administer vaccines to children, subject to certain requirements.
CDC issues updated guidance for newborns at risk for COVID-19
The CDC issued revised guidance for pediatric clinicians on caring for newborns with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 or known COVID-19 exposure, including birth to a mother with confirmed or suspected COVID-19.
CDC warns of rare pediatric condition stemming from COVID-19
The CDC issued a health advisory warning of COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.
AHA resource spotlights COVID-19 maternal and neonatal health
A new AHA resource shares ways hospitals and health systems are caring for mothers and babies during the COVID-19 crisis.
Routine childhood vaccinations down during pandemic
The CDC reported a notable drop in routine childhood vaccines ordered and administered through the federal Vaccines for Children program during the COVID-19 emergency.
MACPAC publishes March report to Congress, maternity care catalogue
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission published a pair of reports. In its March report to Congress, MACPAC, a key congressional advisor on the Medicaid program, updated its annual analyses of disproportionate share hospitals, including national estimates of the number of these facilities, spending by state, and uncompensated care costs by hospital type.
Kids Deserve our Best: What the WSJ Got Wrong about Pediatric Readiness
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal wants you to believe that many of our nation’s emergency departments are incapable of caring for children.