As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the first Becker's Healthcare Clinical Leadership Virtual Event Sept. 9-10.

As part of an ongoing series, Becker's is talking to healthcare leaders who plan to speak at the first Becker's Healthcare Clinical Leadership Virtual Event Sept. 9-10.

People who have recovered from COVID-19 say they are facing stigma from those in their circle, which may stall efforts to curb the virus' spread, NBC News reports.

The number of hospital beds occupied by COVID-19 patients in a state is strongly linked to mortality, a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine found. 

Only one-third of N95 masks made overseas and approved for emergency use during the pandemic consistently tested above 95 percent particulate filtration efficiency, according to a federal report published Aug. 19.

A new case study detailing COVID-19's spread on a fishing vessel this spring offers the first piece of direct evidence that antibodies can protect humans from the virus, reports The New York Times.

New COVID-19 cases have fallen nationwide for four consecutive weeks, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project. 

Below are seven hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief medical officers.

New York City published data on more than 1.46 million antibody tests Aug. 18, offering the most in-depth look yet at COVID-19's toll on the city, reports The New York Times.

America's Essential Hospitals, an association that includes 300 member hospitals and health systems, announced two winners of its 2020 Gage Awards.

Over 50 percent of Americans said that they think the worst is yet to come with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, a new CNN poll shows.

The California Department of Public Health confirmed that a state resident has tested positive for plague.

After discovering a room full of N95 masks hanging on clotheslines, some employees claim Poughkeepsie, N.Y.-based Vassar Brothers Medical Center is recycling masks for staff, Mid-Hudson News reports. 

The suicide rate is increasing faster in rural America than urban areas, according to a new CDC report. 

Nearly half of physicians don't think the pandemic will be under control until after June 2021, according to The Physicians Foundation's 2020 Survey of America's Physicians. 

The COVID-19 infection rate among Black and Latino Americans is more than twice as high as that of white Americans, a new report from the National Urban League shows.

Information on COVID-19 provided online by the White House, CDC and state health departments may be too complex for a general audience, a new study shows.

CMS is resuming routine inspections of all Medicare and Medicaid certified providers and suppliers.

ECRI Institute launched a joint patient safety organization with the Institute for Safe Medication Practices to improve the safety of medication, medical device and care practices.

Surgeons at Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center performed their 1,000th solid organ transplant June 24.