South Carolina will see the greatest increase in its COVID-19 case rate of any U.S. state by Memorial Day, according to forecasts from Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic. 

Healthcare-associated infection rates fluctuated in conjunction with COVID-19 hospitalization trends in 2021, hitting a new high in the third quarter as the delta variant swept the country, according to a study published May 20 in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

One in 5 adult COVID-19 survivors between the ages of 18 and 64 has experienced at least one health condition that could be considered long COVID-19, a May 24 study from the CDC found.

A highly contagious sublineage of the BA.2 omicron subvariant is now the nation's dominant strain, according to the CDC's latest variant proportion estimates. 

Below are 12 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that posted job listings seeking chief medical officers in the last two weeks.

Nurses and other supporters raised more than $38,000 in two days to cover RaDonda Vaught's administrative fees from the Tennessee Board of Nursing, according to NewsChannel 5 Nashville. 

The CDC is investigating four cases of monkeypox in the U.S. as of May 23.

The number of births in the United States increased by 1 percent from 2020 to 2021, marking the first increase to the number in seven years, according to provisional data published by the CDC. 

As labor shortages persist throughout the country, nurses unions have taken more action to support nursing staff.

COVID-19 deaths are decreasing nationwide in the wake of this winter's omicron surge, but CDC modeling suggests this trend may change over the next four weeks. 

Florida health officials on May 22 said they are investigating a potential monkeypox case, which could make it the third in the nation, ABC News reported May 22.

RaDonda Vaught spoke out about her criminal case for the first time last week in an exclusive interview with ABC News.

The number of flu patients admitted to the hospital increased slightly for the week ending May 14, the CDC's latest FluView report shows. 

The nation is now reporting more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases daily as hospitalizations continue to rise nationwide, according to the CDC's COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published May 20.

Recent studies on long COVID-19 have quantified the infection's effect on the brain and offered more information on how long symptoms may last. 

The CDC reinforced its COVID-19 booster recommendations and expanded eligibility to everyone 5 and older May 19.

New York health officials on May 19 said they are investigating a possible monkeypox case in a patient who is in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, The New York Times reports. News of the potential infection comes a day after a case was confirmed in Massachusetts. 

At least 180 children have developed severe hepatitis from an unknown cause in the last seven months, the CDC said May 18.

While many healthcare organizations have yet to realize the full promise of precision medicine, Henry Ford Health's Jeffries Center for Precision Medicine in Detroit has been a leader in providing access to comprehensive tumor genomic testing and associated clinical support for all patients.

Seventy-five percent of patients with post-COVID-19 conditions were never hospitalized, a study published May 19 from FAIR Health found.