Amazon recently posted several job openings related to its health business.

Magellan Health and several of its entities have reported email hacking incidents affecting 364,892 individuals' health information due to an April ransomware attack on the Phoenix-based managed care company. 

Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners is investing in expanded telemedicine and digital capabilities while closing seven clinics and two specialty centers permanently, according to a local ABC affiliate.

South Florida hospitals have canceled nonemergency surgeries to make room for COVID-19 patients, according to The Miami Herald.

Six drugs approved by the FDA since June 12:

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the drug industry's top lobbying group, has sued Minnesota over a law set to take effect July 1 that was designed to prevent people from rationing their insulin, STAT reported. 

Novartis has agreed to pay $678 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it bribed physicians to boost prescriptions of its drugs, the U.S. Justice Department announced July 1. 

COVID-19 patients, many of them American, are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border for treatment at California hospitals, according to CNN.

The U.S. reported 52,789 new COVID-19 cases July 1, the largest single-day total since the pandemic began, according to The Washington Post.

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho-based Interlake Pharmacy is joining Kootenai Health, a health system based in the same city that serves much of the state's northern population.

Jackson Health System in Miami will cancel all nonemergent surgeries July 6 to preserve capacity for a rising number of COVID-19 patients, according to the Miami Herald.

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

Healthcare added 358,000 jobs in June, with hospitals seeing their first modest gain since March, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Nevada and Idaho have the highest COVID-19 reproduction rate, while Washington, D.C., and Connecticut continue to have the lowest, according to rt.live. 

There are 38 states where new cases of COVID-19 are rising, one state where they are falling and 11 states where the number of cases is stabilizing in the U.S., as of 7:27 a.m. CDT July 2, according to The New York Times.

Since establishing the Hauser Institute for Health Innovation in June 2019, NewYork-Presbyterian has significantly scaled its telehealth programs and trained thousands of physicians to provide virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mount Sinai Health System and Richmond University Medical Center, both based in New York City, have entered an academic and clinical partnership, according to the Staten Island Advance.  

St. Joseph's Health in Syracuse, N.Y., is closing two of its urgent care centers to help shore up finances, according to Syracuse.com. 

After a year of working to clear regulatory hurdles, two Boston health centers — East Boston Neighborhood Health Center and the South End Community Health Center — have merged, according to the Boston Globe. 

Orlando (Fla.) Health on July 1 completed its acquisition of St. Cloud (Fla.) Regional Medical Center from Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems.