The Joint Commission and American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists will offer a Maternal Levels of Care Verification program for hospitals starting Jan. 1, 2022, the organizations said June 23.

U.S. hospitals must ramp up efforts to track and prevent non-ventilator-associated, hospital-acquired pneumonia, healthcare leaders wrote in a commentary published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

The COVID-19 pandemic may be linked to one of the lowest annual U.S. birth rates reported in decades, according to a new CDC report. 

More than 28,000 cases of mucormycosis, a deadly infection known as "black fungus," have been reported among COVID-19 patients in India. For hundreds, the only treatment option has been eye removal, The Washington Post reported June 23. 

Missouri has the highest seven-day COVID-19 case rates per 100,000 people as of June 22, according to the CDC.

India has classified a new "delta plus" COVID-19 strain as a "variant of concern," the British Broadcasting Corporation reported.

Here are the rates of positive COVID-19 tests in each state, along with the number of new cases most recently reported and number of tests conducted per 100,000 people. 

Vermont has the highest percentage of its population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker.

New Mexico has administered the highest percentage of COVID-19 vaccines it has received, according to the CDC's COVID-19 vaccine distribution and administration data tracker.

The benefits of using a combination treatment for children who develop a rare inflammatory condition after contracting COVID-19 is still unclear, two new studies show.

The delta coronavirus variant, which the CDC estimates is about 60 percent more transmissible, now accounts for 20 percent of all new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. — up 10 percentage points from about two weeks ago, according to the White House chief medical advisor. 

COVID-19 vaccination rates in the U.S. are falling among young adults, who are already the group least likely to be vaccinated, according to CDC research published June 21.

Podcasts offer nurses a way to connect with other nurses experiencing similar unique workplace challenges.

The delta coronavirus variant likely will become predominant in the U.S. within weeks, according to an analysis published June 21 by preprint server medRxiv.

Below are six hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief quality officers in the last month.

A sepsis prediction model developed by Epic and used by hundreds of U.S. hospitals and health systems performs worse than claimed on the prediction tool's fact sheet, according to a validation study published June 21 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Some certified nursing assistants at Lewis County (N.Y.) Health System's Residential Health Care Facility are getting a $9 per hour raise, reports CBS' WWNY-TV.

COVID-19 was linked to brain tissue loss in a U.K. brain imaging study, according to early findings published June 15 in the preprint server medRxiv. 

More than two-thirds of parents and unpaid caregivers reported adverse mental health symptoms during the pandemic, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published June 18. 

The Joint Commission issued a preliminary denial of accreditation for Cranston, R.I.-based Eleanor Slater Hospital, effective June 17, reports WPRI.