Listen to highlights of key stories in today's newsletter in our daily briefing podcast. 

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

• Positivity rates + new cases
• States where virus is spreading fastest, slowest
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths

2. Congress agrees on $900B COVID-19 relief package, $1.4 trillion funding deal: 7 things to know  Full story

3. Moderna vaccine to reach some hospitals today — 7 COVID-19 updates  Full story

4. The cyberthreat landscape: Steps and best practices for better data safety. Click here to download the guide. 

5. COVID-19 variant in UK spreads faster, officials say  Full story

6. CDC group recommends next priorities for COVID-19 vaccine: Ages 75+, front-line essential workers  Full story

7. Right drug, wrong dose? Why adjustments must be made for kidney function. Click here to read more.

8. Los Angeles hospitals brace for care rationing  Full story

9. FDA investigating allergic reactions to Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine  Full story

10. California hospitals reach tentative agreement with RNs, avert strikes   Full story

11. 3 Must Reads

• How front-line providers are reshaping the pillars of patient safety. Click here to read the report.
• Does your organization employ a whole-person approach to providing care for its employees with chronic conditions? Click here to learn how one health system achieved better chronic condition management results
• What do Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and Hackensack University Medical Center have in common? A commitment to surgical excellence. Click here to read more. 

12. Stanford Medicine apologizes for vaccine distribution process that passed over residents  Full story

13. South Carolina hospital CEO says Leapfrog is 'increasingly irrelevant,' disputes failing safety grade  Full story

14. Your input is needed! Becker's Healthcare is hosting a survey focused on Hospital Readiness in 2021. Click here to fill out the 5 minute survey to receive a complementary badge to a Becker's conference and an e-book of the findings.

15. Kaiser to give 85,000 staff 'hero bonus'  Full story

16. Texas hospital pays $48M to settle false claims allegations  Full story