1. US to spend $5B on 10M courses of Pfizer's COVID-19 pill Full story

2. 7 drugs cost US $1.6B more in 2020 without proof of new benefits Full story

3. COVID-19 vaccination rates up in 40 states, down in 10 Full story

4. A good IT infrastructure protects — a great one innovates. Here's how.  

5. Implementing a vaccination mandate: A playbook from 8 hospitals, health systems Full story

6. Pfizer applies for emergency use authorization of its COVID-19 antiviral pill Full story

7. Entice new patients with your robotics program — see how Lehigh Valley Health Network and Vail Health Hospital did it here. 

8. Antidepressants may lower COVID-19 death risk, study suggests Full story

9. Roche ends COVID-19 pill development with Atea Full story

10. More than 100,000 Americans died of overdoses in 1 year, federal data shows Full story

11. CMS move opens the door to high quality remote monitoring. Click here to learn what that means for providers.

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

• Vaccines administered
• Population fully vaccinated
• Test positivity rates
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths

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