1. 4 new specialty heart centers Full story

2. Scale back aspirin use in people at high risk of first heart attack, US task force says Full story

3. 7 updates on COVID-19 booster shots Full story

4. Demand for heart care is rising as a cardiologist shortage looms. Here's how health systems are adapting to the specialty's top challenges.  

5. Arizona cardiologist dies in plane crash Full story

6. CDC reports 12% spike in MIS-C cases Full story

7. The transition of care is starting to prove costly for health systems. Here's the financial lever hospitals are engaging to alleviate that.   

8. COVID-19: Where we were, where we are and what could come next Full story

9. 11 latest hospital closures Full story

10. Northwell shifting staff to direct contracting model Full story

11. Michigan Medicine increased infusion center capacity without expanding — learn how here.  

12. Daily COVID-19 updates, state-by-state: 

• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
• Death rates