Nearly 60 percent of U.S. adults experienced pain of any kind the three months before being surveyed in 2019, according to a July 29 CDC report. 

B.1.621, a coronavirus variant first detected in Colombia, has been detected in about 10 percent of COVID-19 patients at Miami-based Jackson Health System, FOX News reported July 28.

Below are six national COVID-19 trends as the pandemic picks up:  

The CDC has released new testing recommendations for people fully vaccinated against COVID-19, advising vaccinated Americans to be tested if they are exposed to COVID-19, even if they don't have symptoms. 

President Joe Biden announced July 29 that all federal workers are to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular testing, reports The Washington Post.

Thirty-seven states have joined the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses to practice in person or via telehealth in all participating states under one multistate license.

Below are 14 hospitals, health systems or hospital operators that recently posted job listings seeking CMOs.

Philadelphia-based Temple University Health System will spend $5 million on initiatives to mitigate the effects of nursing shortages, according to a July 27 report from the Philadelphia Business Journal. 

The U.S. now has a high level of community transmission because of COVID-19 cases rapidly increasing in some regions, according to the CDC's COVID Data Tracker. 

The amount of COVID-19 vaccinations administered at Houston Methodist facilities is increasing, which the health system called a "small, but encouraging sign" that the current virus surge is motivating community members to get vaccinated. 

New daily COVID-19 hospitalization rates in the U.S. have increased 70 percent over the last two weeks, with 47 states and the District of Columbia seeing hospitalization rates trend upward, according to data tracked by The New York Times.

Penn Medicine is seeking to connect patients who typically rely on the emergency room for elective procedures with surgical care via its Center for Surgical Health, the Philadelphia-based system said July 26.

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has nominated Manisha Juthani, MD, an infectious disease physician at New Haven-based Yale Medicine, to be commissioner of the state's public health department.

The CDC released new guidance July 27 recommending fully vaccinated Americans resume wearing masks indoors in certain regions of the U.S. 

University Hospitals in Cleveland is strengthening its organ transplant procedures after a patient received a kidney meant for another patient, Cleveland.com reports. 

New daily COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have risen 144 percent over the last two weeks, with every state seeing cases trend upward, according to data tracked by The New York Times. 

Every county in both Florida and Arkansas currently has high levels of community transmission, according to July 18-24 data from the CDC.

Americans suffering from "long COVID" will be eligible for the benefits and protection provided under federal disability law, the HHS and U.S. the Department of Justice announced July 26. 

The CDC is weighing whether to update COVID-19 mask guidance for all Americans, regardless of vaccination status, according to Anthony Fauci, MD, the White House chief medical adviser. This comes as cases rise in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. 

The Department of Veterans Affairs is mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for 115,000 of its front-line healthcare workers, the first federal agency to do so, officials announced July 26, as reported by The New York Times.