A record 132,476 Americans with COVID-19 were hospitalized Jan. 6, up from 131,195 the day prior, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project. 

Many patients preferred to pay more to receive care from a provider with a better quality ranking in a Jan. 5 study published in Health Affairs.

At least 10 people were transported to area hospitals after rioters supporting President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol grounds Jan. 6, and five people died, including a woman who was shot by a Capitol police officer, reports NBC Washington.

U.S. health officials are effectively flying blind when it comes to understanding the new COVID-19 variant's spread in the U.S. and how to contain it, as the nation lacks a wide-scale surveillance program to identify and track genetic variations of the novel coronavirus, scientists told The New York Times.

A total of 21 anaphylaxis cases were reported among the first nearly 2 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine doses administered between Dec. 14-23, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Jan. 6.

Wasau, Wis.-based Aspirus health system is funding an accelerated certified nursing assistant training program in partnership with local Northcentral Technical College. 

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

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health began administering the first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to the general public Jan. 6.

The South African COVID-19 variant known as 501.V2, which is also prevalent in Brazil, may "obviate" antibody drugs, Scott Gottlieb, MD, former FDA commissioner, told CNBC Jan. 5. 

U.S. hospitalizations hit a record 131,195 Jan. 5, up from 128,210 the day prior, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.  

The implementation of a safety protocol helped to reduce self-harm for high-risk patients in the emergency department, according to findings published in the January issue of The Joint Commision Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 

Two employees at Jacksonville, Fla.-based Memorial Hospital say roaches have been roaming the hospital's kitchen for about a month, local CBS and FOX affiliate Action News Jax reports. 

More than 40 people who attended Christmas services at Genesis Community Church in Woburn, Mass., have tested positive for COVID-19, The New York Times reports. 

The Emergency Nurses Association selected Ron Kraus, MSN, RN, as the association's 50th president Jan. 1. 

James Mikolajczak-LaRosa, DNP, RN, died Jan. 1 after being diagnosed with COVID-19 two months ago, reports WISN-TV.

Working from home and taking up new physical activities has prompted an uptick in local physical therapy demand, the Chicago Tribune reports. 

The U.S. surpassed its previous COVID-19 hospitalization record Jan. 4, with 128,210 virus patients hospitalized, according to data from The COVID Tracking Project.  

New York has confirmed its first case of a more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, that was initially discovered in the U.K., CNBC reports.

The percentage of positive COVID-19 increased among infants, children and teenagers in late December, according to the CDC's latest COVIDView report published Jan. 4. 

Hundreds of New Jersey healthcare workers who were first to receive initial COVID-19 vaccine doses last month started receiving their second and final doses, reports CBS New York.