COVID-19

Retail-based Convenient Care Clinics and Urgent Care Centers Call-To-Action to be part of the Solution to Immunizing the US Population for COVID19 when a Vaccine is Available: The Convenient Care Association (CCA), representing more than 3300 retail-based convenient care clinics in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and the Urgent Care Association (UCA), representing 10,000 urgent care centers have come together in an important call-to-action to address COVID-19. CCA and UCA are committed to ensuring their members are a critical part of reopening protocols and the national COVID-19 vaccination strategy. Collectively, the combined membership of CCA and UCA have the capacity to serve and vaccinate more than 130 million patients across the country. Read entire release here.

FDA Considering Authorization Rules That Could Push Coronavirus Vaccine Past Election Day: (article from cnn.com) The US Food and Drug Administration is considering new rules for authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine, according to three sources familiar with the situation -- and calculations show these rules would push an authorization beyond Election Day. Read More

New COVID-19 Prediction Model Can Help Determine Disease Progression: (article from beckershospitalreview.com) Researchers from Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine have developed a prediction model to help clinicians forecast if a coronavirus patient's conditions are likely to worsen. Read More

UCA COVID-19 Resources: Remember to check the UCA COVID-19 web page often, as information is updated frequently with new resources including recorded webinars, vendor resources, podcasts and videos from Hippo Education, partner organization resources from Solv, Braid, ACOEM and more, and other updates regarding legislation & advocacy efforts.