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Nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Manahawkin, N.J., and Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, N.J., have ratified a new contract with Neptune-based Meridian Health, according to an Associated Press report published by The Daily Journal.

Some healthcare jobs are among the 27 jobs ranked most damaging to personal health by Business Insider.

Orlando-based Florida Hospital, part of Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System, is looking to fill hundreds of positions in Volusia and Flagler counties, according to a report from The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Nurses at CarePoint Health's Hoboken (N.J.) University Medical Center have rejected the company's most recent contract offer, according to officials with JNESO District Council 1, which represents approximately 400 nurses at the hospital, according to a report from The Jersey…

The National Labor Relations Board has scheduled a hearing to review accusations of illegal practices Western Connecticut Health Network managers and consultants took against about 800 employees at Danbury (Conn.) and New Milford (Conn.) hospitals, according to The News-Times.

Hospitals are starting to see higher labor costs from the expense of hiring nurses to treat the influx of newly insured sick patients spurred by the Affordable Care Act, according to a Forbes report.

Registered nurses at Alpena (Mich.) Regional Medical Center have voted to authorize sending a strike notice to the hospital, according to a report from The Alpena News.

Some nurses at Albuquerque-based University of New Mexico Hospital are calling UNMH out for alleged staffing problems, according to a KUNM report.

After dozens of drugs went missing from Washington, D.C.-based Sibley Memorial Hospital in June, two nurses' licenses were suspended and four other nurses were investigated by the D.C. Department of Health, according to WTOP.com.

A UnitedHealth Group print facility and fulfillment center in Duncan, S.C. is laying off 85 workers, according to The Greenville News.