The pressure healthcare providers face to reduce costs is forcing changes among staffing companies, according to a new report from S&P Global Ratings.

The following healthcare layoffs were reported by Becker's Hospital Review so far in June:

Two hundred and seventy-nine people have been infected with salmonella in 41 states as of June 7, according to the CDC.

At least half and as many as 83 percent of all Ebola outbreaks in West Africa go unreported, according to a study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

CMS Administrator Seema Verma warned HHS Secretary Alex Azar in a private memo last August that implementing three healthcare policy changes could collectively cause health insurance enrollment to drop by 1.1 million, Politico first reported.

A report on board governance at Baltimore-based University of Maryland Medical System has left many local leaders frustrated and skeptical, according to a report from The Baltimore Sun.

The U.S. House of Representatives approved a healthcare spending package on June 13 that included an amendment to reverse the Trump administration's ban on using federal dollars for research using fetal tissue, The Hill reports.

The Trump administration expanded health reimbursement arrangements June 13 in a final rule that aims to help small businesses provide insurance coverage.

As the number of new digital health startups continues to skyrocket, so does that of the health systems, established venture capital firms, Silicon Valley billionaires, university-based accelerator programs and any other party with money to spare who wants to buy in.

Odessa, Texas-based Medical Center Health System selected Robert Abernethy to serve as interim CEO, effective June 17, according to an Odessa American report.

Birmingham, Ala.-based St. Vincent's Health System named Suzannah Campbell president of St. Vincent's East in Birmingham, St. Vincent's Blount in Oneonta, Ala., and St. Vincent's St. Clair in Pell City, Ala., according to The Trussville Tribune.

An international group of experts will work to accelerate the creation of new vaccines through a $35 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

The World Health Organization on June 14 ruled that the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ebola outbreak is still not an international emergency, reports Vox.

The researchers behind the ongoing Genes for Good genetic study have found that recruiting participants from Facebook and offering them free DNA reports has solved many of the issues associated with study samples, they wrote in the American Journal of Human Genetics this week.

After experiencing a 23 percent drop in its stock price in the last 12 months and with an estimated $110 billion in debt as of the end of March, General Electric is reportedly looking to sell off its corporate venture arm's portfolio, which includes multiple digital health and life sciences startups, according to CNBC.

Below are nine hospitals or health systems that recently announced or completed construction projects worth more than $300 million in the last two months, reported by Becker's Hospital Review.

Nurses at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.) claim hospital administrators are participating in anti-union activities to prevent organizing, according to a union news release.

Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Boston plans to construct a $250 million expansion including a five-story inpatient building, according to The Boston Business Journal.

The owner of a pain clinic and pharmacy in Florida was sentenced to more than six years in prison and three years probation for his role in a $2.2 million insurance fraud scheme, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

Ten hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking pharmacy leaders in the last week: