Secretary Azar Statement on FDA Authorization of Mask Sterilization Procedure

31. March 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
On Sunday, the Food and Drug Administration issued a revised Emergency Use Authorization to allow the large-scale use of a system created by Battelle Memorial Institute to decontaminate used N95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic. HHS Secretary Alex Azar issued the following statement: “Getting personal protective equipment to the heroic healthcare workers on the frontlines ...

HHS Accelerates Clinical Trials, Prepares for Manufacturing of COVID-19 Vaccines

31. March 2020 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services took steps today to speed the development and manufacturing of vaccines to prevent COVID-19, working with New Jersey-based Janssen Research & Development, part of Johnson & Johnson, and Moderna of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the HHS Office of the ...