Medicare News

HHS and Sesame Workshop Release 13 New Flu Prevention Radio PSAs Featuring Governors and Elmo

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Children and young adults continue to be disproportionately effected by H1N1

HHS Awards $17 Million in a New National Initiative to Fight Health Care-Associated Infections

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October 23, 2009 HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced the award of $17 million to fund projects to fight costly and dangerous health care-associated infections, or HAIs. “When patients go to the hospital, they expect to get better, not worse,” Secretary Sebelius said. “Eliminating infections is critical to making care safer for patients and to … Read more

Investigational antiviral drug peramivir intravenous

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that, in response to a request from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational antiviral drug peramivir intravenous (IV) in certain adult and pediatric patients with confirmed or suspected 2009 H1N1 influenza infection who are … Read more