Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston found only one documented case of monkeypox transmission after exposure in a healthcare setting outside endemic regions after conducting a literature review that covers the last two decades. 

COVID-19 cases dipped nationwide in the past week, though the number of areas with high levels of community spread is rising as the highly transmissible omicron subvariant BA.5 remains dominant in the U.S., according to the CDC's COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published July 8.

Of the 19.5 million children younger than 5 in the U.S., more than 267,000 have received their first COVID-19 shot, ABC News reported July 7. 

More than two years into the pandemic, it's widely accepted that COVID-19 spreads through airborne transmission and that the risk of contracting the virus from a contaminated surface is low. Despite this knowledge, Americans can't seem to let go of ineffective cleaning and disinfection practices, Yasmin Tayag wrote in a July 7 article in The Atlantic. 

Online interest in how to self-manage an abortion at home has risen since the Supreme Court overturned the consitutional protection of abortion in late June, prompting experts to warn about the dangers of "DIY" care, USA Today reported July 7. 

The highly transmissible omicron subvariant BA.5 will likely spur another wave of COVID-19 infections in the U.S., Eric Topol, MD, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute in San Diego, told The New York Times. 

Police have charged a suspect with firing into the fourth-floor window of Broward Health Coral Springs (Fla.) hospital from his car, CBS Miami reported July 7.

A poll from Morning Consult conducted on behalf of CVS Health found 82 percent of consumer respondents support allowing nurse practitioners to practice to the full extent of their education and training, including through telehealth. 

As monkeypox global cases surpass 6,000, the World Health Organization will reassess whether the outbreak constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. 

A July 7 Kaiser Health News report sheds more light on CMS' rationale for its proposed plan to obscure hospital safety data from the public — a move that has been met with strong opposition from patient safety groups and other stakeholders.  

The symptoms of omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, which now account for more than half of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., generally are the same as those from earlier versions of omicron, The New York Times reported July 6.

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health is aiming to give nurses more flexibility with where they work through a new "Nursing SEAL Team," the health system said July 6.

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

The use of sabizabulin, a cancer drug, reduced the risk of death by 55 percent in patients hospitalized with COVID-19, a small study published July 6 in the New England Journal of Medicine found. 

People who've had COVID-19 two or more times have more than twice the risk of dying and three times the risk of being hospitalized within six months of their last infection, compared to people who've only been infected once, according to a preliminary study from researchers at Washington University in St. Louis. 

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

The omicron subvariant BA.5 is quickly gaining prevalence in the U.S. and now accounts for nearly 54 percent of all cases, according to the CDC's latest variant proportion update for the week ending July 2. 

In 2021, COVID-19 was the leading cause of death for 45- to 54-year-olds, with 16.8 percent of deaths being attributed to the disease, a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine on July 5 found. In 2020, COVID-19 was the fourth leading cause of death, following heart disease, cancer and accidents. 

New York City health officials ended its COVID-19 alert system, which informed residents of changes in transmission levels, Bloomberg reported July 1. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths will remain stable through late July while cases will continue to rise, national disease modeling suggests.