AMA, AHA, ANA urge Administration to work with Biden transition team

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CHICAGO — In a letter to the Trump Administration today, leading national health care organizations urged full cooperation and sharing of all critical COVID-19 information with the Biden transition team. In their letter, the American Medical Association (AMA), American Hospital Association (AHA) and American Nurses Association (ANA) specifically called for: “all information about the capacity of the Strategic National Stockpile, the assets from Operation Warp Speed, and plans for dissemination of therapeutics and vaccines needs to be shared as quickly as possible to ensure that there is continuity in strategic planning so that there is no lapse in our ability to care for patients.” 

 

 

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