1. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state:

• Positivity rates + new cases
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths
• States ranked by percentage of COVID-19 vaccines administered

2. Hospitalizations fall for 40 consecutive days; masks may be needed in 2022, Fauci says -- 6 COVID-19 updates  Full story

3. Woman dies after contracting COVID-19 from donor lungs  Full story

4. Improve patient pathways: Standardize PCR testing in hospitals, ERs, clinics and other settings. 

5. CHS reports $1.6B in proceeds from selling 40 hospitals  Full story

6. Thousands of physicians can't get into residency programs: 4 things to know  Full story

7. Biden's contenders to head FDA: 6 things to know  Full story

8. 7 latest hospital closures  Full story

9. Download the VPN checklist to see if your current VPN platform meets HIPAA security standards.

10. House Democrats' COVID-19 relief bill: 8 things to know  Full story

11. Texas water, power issues continue as disaster declaration declared: 5 things to know  Full story 

12. 6 health systems opening hospitals  Full story 

13. IBM Watson Health understands clinicians have no time to waste. Click here to learn how its API and cloud technologies can deliver insights at the point of care.

14. Health insurance exec compensation: 5 things to know  Full story 

15. How 5 hospitals are spending innovation investment dollars: Cleveland Clinic, Northwell Health & more  Full story 

16. Senate hearings for HHS, surgeon general this week: 8 things to know  Full story 

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