Below are seven hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking chief information security officers in the last month.

Telehealth provider Doctor on Demand and clinical navigation platform Grand Rounds have completed their merger, the companies said May 11. 

The U.S. reported 36,231 new COVID-19 cases May 10 — the third consecutive day this tally was under 40,000, reports The Wall Street Journal.

The chief of operations and financial management at Eleanor Slater Hospital, an embattled state-run psychiatric hospital in Cranston, R.I., avoided losing his job for months despite two layoff attempts, according to local news station WPRI. 

Fewer jobs are being offered to physicians in their final year of training in 2021 compared to previous years — likely because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey released May 11.   

Many hospitals across the U.S. are turning to layoffs to right-size their organizations or cut costs as they recover from the financial hit from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The Federal Trade Commission is asking a federal judge to stop Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Health's acquisition of Englewood (N.J.) Health during the agency's antitrust challenge, according to Law360. 

The FDA expanded its emergency use authorization of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children age 12 to 15 on May 10.

Hanover, N.H.-based Dartmouth has investigated several students at its Geisel School of Medicine for allegedly cheating while taking exams online, according to a May 7 report in the Valley News.

In recognition of National Nurses Week, Becker's asked 10 chief nursing officers or nurse executives from health systems nationwide to share the one word they'd use to describe their nursing team over the past year.

Three thousand healthcare leaders told Philips what they are expecting in health IT after the pandemic era, according to a May report.

The following hospital and health system executive retirements have been reported since April 16.

Healthcare workers at Providence Milwaukie (Ore.) Hospital have reached their first union contract with hospital management, according to union and hospital statements. 

The healthcare sector is drawing interest from private equity investors this year, with at least eight deals announced in the last month.

Here are four recent cancer care-related partnerships and affiliations formed since April 15. 

The FDA has authorized Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to be used in children as young as 12. 

The Biden administration launched a new COVID-19 vaccination hotline for people who prefer to get information about the shot via phone instead of online, according to a May 9 NPR report.

Baptist Health System in San Antonio is offering new nurses, as well as patient care and lab associates, up to $20,000 sign-on bonuses, the health system said in an announcement about its upcoming hiring event May 11.

A more transmissible COVID-19 variant that first emerged in India, known as B.1.617, is now a global "variant of concern," the World Health Organization said during a May 10 news conference.

Below is a list of 12 healthcare consumerism partnerships, acquisitions and initiatives announced in 2021.