Two caregivers from University Hospitals in Cleveland are on administrative leave after a patient received a kidney intended for another patient, local ABC affiliate WEWS reported July 12. 

Below are 24 hospitals and health systems that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

The annual flu shot may protect against some of the most severe effects of COVID-19 and the need for emergency care, according to research presented July 11 during the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 

Here Todd Crosslin, Global head of healthcare and Life Sciences at Snowflake discusses the current components and challenges of data in Precision Healthcare.

The American College of Surgeons has created a standardized method to measure and improve surgical quality in hospitals, the organization said July 12. 

All eyes are on scientists exploring the COVID-19 pandemic's origin. But bat virus researchers, who are still looking for answers about the 2003 SARS outbreak, say there may never be an answer, The Wall Street Journal reported July 11. 

Only 1 in 10 U.S. hospitals offer a last-resort therapy for severely ill COVID-19 patients, a shortage that has forced providers to make difficult decisions about who should receive it, The New York Times reported July 12.

Mississippi health officials asked people age 65 and over and immunocompromised residents to avoid indoor gatherings through July 26, regardless of vaccination status, CNBC reports. 

Scientists across the globe are developing breath-based COVID-19 tests to rapidly identify individuals carrying the virus, The New York Times reported July 11. 

A 90-year-old woman in Belgium died after a simultaneous infection with both the alpha and beta COVID-19 variants, according to a case report presented July 10 at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 

Here are 21 COVID-19-related research findings covered by Becker's Hospital Review since May 27:

Research teams have identified more than a dozen genetic variants statistically associated with a person's susceptibility to COVID-19 and their chances of developing severe infection, according to an analysis published July 8 in Nature..

K-12 schools should stay open this fall with some precautions in place because students benefit from in-person learning, according to updated July 9 guidance from the CDC. 

COVID-19 cases continue to tick up in the U.S. as the highly transmissible delta variant spreads and vaccination rates slow, according to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker Weekly Review published July 9.

Compared to other coronavirus variants, not much is known about lamda — the strain spreading through South America first detected in Peru in August 2020. 

The fast-spreading delta coronavirus variant is thought to be significantly more widespread than the CDC currently projects, two senior Biden administration health officials told Politico.

Seventy percent or more of adults in 20 states and Washington, D.C., have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, but more than a dozen states are still far from the threshold, according to The Washington Post's vaccination tracker. 

Mounting evidence suggests the delta variant is the most contagious strain in the world. A small study published online July 7 may help explain why, NPR reported.

Pennsylvania is now one of 36 states that offers a more flexible licensing option for nurses. 

As some Missouri hospitals were inundated by a new COVID-19 surge, hospital leaders have taken to Twitter to update the public on the rapidly evolving situation.