The Commission on Presidential Debates has canceled the second presidential debate, originally scheduled for Oct. 15 in Miami. 

Global media coverage on COVID-19 is significantly lacking the voices of female scientists, physicians and health experts, reports The Washington Post.

Becker's Hospital Review's series for women in healthcare leadership asks healthcare executives to answer seven questions about their life in and outside of work.

Sonoma (Calif.) Valley Hospital said it is considering a management services agreement with UCSF Health in San Francisco that calls for integrated executive leadership.

White House physician Sean Conley, DO, said Oct. 8 that President Donald Trump could make a "safe return" to public events on Oct. 10, less than two weeks after the president announced he had tested positive for COVID-19, according to The Hill. 

The American Hospital Association has elected a new board of trustees member.

The New England Journal of Medicine published an Oct. 8 editorial criticizing the White House's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, marking the first time the journal has strayed from its nonpartisan position since publishing its first issue in 1812, reports The Washington Post.

President Donald Trump said Oct. 8 that he would not participate in the second presidential debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden after the Commission on Presidential Debates revealed the event would be a "virtual town hall" to protect the health of all involved, according to The Washington Post.  

Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris contested the nation's COVID-19 response and the ACA during an Oct. 7 debate in Salt Lake City.

Lisa Shannon has served as COO of Minneapolis-based Allina Health since 2017, and she added president to her title on Sept. 24.

President Donald Trump has been symptom-free for more than 24 hours and fever-free for four days, White House physician Sean Conley, DO, said in an Oct. 7 memo.

The CEO of a Las Vegas hospital helped save a man who went into cardiac arrest on the floor of a casino, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

The CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association told residents that the state isn't running out of hospital beds due to COVID-19. The comments came after a clinical executive at a hospital in Southwest Alaska raised capacity concerns. 

Male and female healthcare executives have varying perceptions of their workplaces, highlighting a continued need to address gender biases in the C-suite, according to a special report published in the Journal of Healthcare Management.

A U.S. House Oversight and Reform subcommittee is investigating whether White House officials have interfered with the pandemic response efforts of federal health agencies.

Most Americans don't plan on boosting their mask-wearing or social distancing in light of President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, according to survey results published by Axios-Ipsos Oct. 6. 

Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris will debate Oct. 7 at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

The Florida Hospital Association has tapped Mary Mayhew as president and CEO.

The COVID-19 pandemic is placing an extraordinary burden on front-line staff who must balance the physical and emotional demands of caring for severely ill patients, while also worrying about their own health and safety. Rates of burnout, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are reaching frightening levels as the pandemic continues, with some clinicians opting to leave the field entirely.

King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services is one of the nation's largest hospital operators, with 400 acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities and ambulatory centers across the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.K.