Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente launched a new Center for Gun Violence Research and Education alongside funding $1.3 million in grants to nine recipients June 16.  

Surgeons and medical staff at UofL Health-Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky., have successfully completed the state's first double heart and liver transplant, FOX affiliate WDRB reported June 15. 

The American Medical Association is urging the FDA to make oral contraceptives available over-the-counter without an age restriction. 

President Joe Biden signed an executive order June 15 to protect LGBTQ patients' healthcare, particularly for children. 

Clinicians should not rule out monkeypox in patients with rashes considered characteristic of more common infections, such as syphilis, the CDC said in a June 14 health alert update. 

Memorial Healthcare System's longest-serving employee and first nurse leader of color is planning to retire after 53 years with the Hollywood, Fla.-based system, CBS News reported June 15.

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is planning to hire more than 700 internationally trained nurses over the next three years to work at the system's four major medical centers and several critical access hospitals, Chief Nursing Officer Erica DeBoer, RN, told Becker's June 15.

Paxlovid and remdesivir, which goes by the brand name Veklury, are the preferred antiviral drugs for treating eligible COVID-19 patients, according to the CDC's interim outpatient clinical considerations updated June 15.

New research suggests a past COVID-19 infection may be responsible for the severe hepatitis cases reported among children globally in recent months. 

Below are 15 hospitals, health systems and hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

After more than 30 years of decline, abortions rose 8 percent in the U.S. from 2017-2020, according to a June 15 report from the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health policy and and research organization. 

Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger launched a travel nurse program June 10 for eligible inpatient registered nurses.

The World Health Organization will convene next week to decide whether the monkeypox outbreak constitutes an international public health emergency, the agency's director general said during a June 14 press briefing. 

According to the American College of Healthcare Executives, the top issues confronting health systems are personnel shortages, financial challenges and patient quality and safety.

Flu and pneumonia patients also experience long-term symptoms similar to COVID-19 survivors, a study published June 14 by EpicResearch found.

BA.4 and BA.5 — "sister variants" of the original omicron strain — are gaining prevalence in the U.S. and now account for about 1 in 5 confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide, CDC data shows.

Oregon State Hospital submitted a revised plan of correction last week to remedy numerous safety issues found at the facility after CMS determined its initial correction plan was "generally unacceptable," according to The Lund Report on June 13.

The World Health Organization is considering renaming monkeypox to reduce stigma and racism surrounding the virus, Bloomberg reported June 13.

The American Medical Association adopted a policy June 13 declaring climate change a public health crisis threatening the well-being of all people. 

COVID-19 reinfections have seemingly become common since omicron and its sublineages took hold, The New York Times reported June 11.