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The funds may be used to hire staff, start infection control programs, increase testing or provide technology to connect residents with families.
The donations will help address food insecurity, mental health, and housing and economic recovery from the pandemic.
Pfizer will deliver the doses in the U.S. if the product receives Emergency Use Authorization or licensure from the FDA.
Over half of the grant funds will help organizations increase their capacity to fight COVID-19 and support impacted communities.
A patient's age, race, gender and ZIP code can have a big impact on his or her overall health, says Roger Pena, director of Clinical Outreach Solutions at Equality Health.
They will be sent enough tests to screen each resident and staff member weekly, as well as visitors if appropriate for the facility.
Dr. Jenifer Leaf Jaeger, senior medical director at HealthEC, says her company is able to identify the top 10% of a client's patients who are at highest risk for a severe outcome due to COVID-19.
About 48 million non-elderly Americans will be part of a household in which someone loses a job due to COVID-19.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield says the controversial new process, which calls on hospitals to send capacity and utilization data to HHS, was made with CDC support.
Carolyn Witte, cofounder and CEO of startup Tia, describes the growing world of "femtech" and what it means to run a startup during the coronavirus pandemic.