The National Institutes of Health awarded Cleveland Clinic and Cleveland State University a five-year, $1.2 million grant to recruit minority PhD students and students underrepresented in the science and tech workforce.

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.

Dayton (Ohio) Children's Hospital said it has cut jobs to help offset financial losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Americans' worry about the availability of hospital supplies and treatment is on the rise again after concerns briefly leveled off last month, according to a new survey from Gallup.

Thirteen hospitals and health systems in the Philadelphia area said they have collectively committed to anti-racism and addressing healthcare disparities.

CMS is making leadership changes, including the appointment of a new CMO, according to an email sent to staff June 30.

Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare is cutting 25 leadership positions to help offset financial losses amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Traverse City Record-Eagle.

Bertram Lubin, MD, former president and CEO of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (Calif.), died June 27 at age 81, the University of California San Francisco announced.

For the female physicians across the U.S. who head medical societies and associations, the experience is more than an opportunity to represent colleagues in their chosen practice, it's also a chance to advocate for them on healthcare issues.

Hospital CEOs in Florida and Texas are sounding the alarm on a trend they're seeing at their facilities: a rise in the number of young patients needing hospitalization for COVID-19.

House Democrats pushed through a bill June 29 that would expand the ACA's subsidies for private insurance and encourage more states to expand Medicaid, according to The Washington Post. 

Below are 10 hospitals and health systems that have posted job listings seeking COOs in the last few weeks.

The "girlboss" mode of female corporate empowerment was not made to survive a national reckoning over racial injustice and the politics of power. 

East Ohio Regional Hospital in Martins Ferry has an administrative team in place as the facility prepares to reopen, The Times Leader reports. 

A nursing student and hospital employee at Northwell Health who sent racially insensitive messages online is no longer employed by the New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based system, reports NBC New York. 

HHS Secretary Alex Azar said the Trump administration plans to wait until the Supreme Court rules on the legality of the ACA to release a replacement plan for the healthcare law, according to Bloomberg Law.

Industrywide, U.S. companies have been quick to condemn racism and pledge to do more to combat racism. Now the question is whether companies — including health systems — will make the changes needed for meaningful progress toward racial equity.  

As COVID-19 continues its worldwide spread, it is clear the pandemic is nowhere near over. The public health crisis has put many hospitals' disaster preparedness plans put to the test. In recent months, healthcare organizations have raced to keep up with surges in new coronavirus cases and worked to find solutions to supply shortages.

The Government Accountability Office, a federal watchdog, outlined several challenges the government faced in its COVID-19 response and recommended legislative actions to address some of the shortcomings in a June 25 report to Congress.

Saratoga Springs, N.Y.-based SUNY Empire State College is launching a corporate leadership academy for women this fall to prepare them for executive and board positions, according to a June 26 news release from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office.