After global monkeypox infections passed 1,000 cases across 29 countries, the CDC hiked the alert level to "practice enhanced precautions" June 6.

Here are nine COVID-19-related research findings covered by Becker's Hospital Review since May 4:

Continuously active disinfection (CAD) takes traditional surface disinfection to the next level. Published evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of CAD in certain healthcare settings where its use can be extremely effective and efficient.

In a recent press release, Healthmark introduced their newly redesigned  website.

The number of pediatric melatonin ingestions reported to U.S. poison control centers increased 530 percent from 2012 to 2021, according to a June 3 report from the CDC. 

The CDC had confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox in 12 states as of June 3. 

COVID-19 hospitalizations may stabilize in June after climbing steadily since mid-April, CDC modeling suggests.

Pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery is one of many pediatric subspecialties. For many families who require these specialized services, it often means trekking across the state or country to a major medical center instead of finding the right services at their local health system. For local health systems, the situation means potentially losing that patient because the health system doesn't provide the necessary services. 

Two staff nurses and one emergency department physician were stabbed June 3 inside Encino (Calif.) Hospital Medical Center.

A woman was shot in the leg at Wayne UNC Health Care in Goldsboro, N.C., on June 5, which prompted a lockdown at the hospital for nearly an hour.

The nation's seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases has decreased for the first time since late March, according to the CDC's COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published June 3.

HHS on June 1 issued a national framework to improve care for the 1 in 5 children in the U.S. who have special healthcare needs.

Below are 13 hospitals, health systems and hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking chief nursing officers. 

Nurses have started lobbying for legislation to end the criminalization of medical errors, dubbed "RaDonda's Law," in the wake of former nurse RaDonda Vaught's sentencing for a fatal medication error she made in 2017. 

Several colleges and universities have launched nursing programs and partnerships to address persistent shortages around the country.

The Joint Commission has issued warnings about the importance of safety timeouts ahead of surgeries, released its list of the most challenging requirements for hospitals in 2021, and launched several new partnerships in the last few months. 

Physicians transplanted the first 3D-printed ear in a woman using her own cells, The New York Times reported June 2. 

Five people were killed and multiple others were injured June 1 in a mass shooting inside a medical office building on a hospital campus in Tulsa, Okla. It was the 233rd mass shooting in the U.S. this year. 

A security guard died June 1 after he was shot by a jail inmate receiving care at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. 

Global monkeypox cases have risen to more than 550 across 30 countries, up from 257 confirmed cases on May 26, the World Health Organization said during a June 1 news conference, according to CNBC.