The following 27 states have eased or lifted their original stay-at-home orders, according to data from the Kaiser Family Foundation:

Stay-at-home orders could cause "irreparable damage" if imposed for too long, White House health adviser Anthony Fauci, MD, told CNBC May 22.

Deaths attributed to pneumonia, influenza or COVID-19 dropped by about 6 percentage points for the week ending May 16 compared to the week prior, but were still high compared to previous flu seasons, according to the CDC's weekly COVIDView report.

Working closely with COVID-19 patients may not be the primary cause of coronavirus infection among healthcare workers, two new studies from China and the Netherlands found.

As of May 22, North Dakota had the highest COVID-19 reproduction rate and Alaska had the lowest, according to rt.live, a website that calculates the rate at which the virus is spreading in all 50 states.

A judge refused to overturn Pennsylvania's stay-at-home orders May 21, according to The Patriot-News.

The U.S. has reported 1,577,758 COVID-19 cases and 94,729 related deaths as of 9:30 a.m. CDT May 22. Globally, there have been 5,128,492 reported cases and 333,489 deaths, while 1,966,135 people have recovered.

The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged hospitals to develop new approaches to managing patient populations. To effectively manage population health, organizations must balance keeping people in their communities healthy and caring for patients infected with the illness, all amid worsening care disparities and social determinants of health. 

There have been 12,797 COVID-19 cases and 1,092 deaths attributed to the disease within the Veterans Affairs healthcare system, according to federal data.

Patients received antibiotics in about two-thirds of hospitalizations in a two-year period beginning January 2016, a new study shows, leading researchers to conclude that U.S. inpatient antibiotic use "remains high."

Stagnant water systems in commercial buildings temporarily closed during the pandemic may put employees at risk of waterborne-infections like Legionnaires' disease, according to The New York Times.

The CDC is combining viral and antibody COVID-19 test results, potentially overstating the nation's ability to test people for the illness, The Atlantic reports.

Only a small portion of nurses nationwide have been tested for COVID-19, according to a survey from National Nurses United.

County health officials issued a cease-and-desist order to prevent a person who tested positive for COVID-19 from boarding an airplane in Lansing, Mich., according to a Lansing State Journal report.

Two new studies of monkeys offer evidence that having COVID-19 antibodies may offer immunity from reinfection.

More than 5 million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide, with the daily number of new cases hitting a record high this week. More than 100,000 new infections were reported May 19, according to the World Health Organization. 

Strokes are more severe and deadly among COVID-19 patients than among people without the disease, a new study shows.

Three nurses from Lubbock, Texas-based Covenant Health discuss the best part of their workday.

Below are five hospitals or health systems that recently posted job listings seeking CMOs.

The COVID-19 pandemic could increase the risk of diagnostic errors due to staffing shortages, chaotic work environments and high levels of clinician stress and fatigue, two healthcare quality experts wrote in an article published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.