Dedicated time, mentorship and participation in a professional quality improvement network are the most significant factors to nurture clinicians' self-efficacy and effectiveness in QI, according to a study published in International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 

The CDC unveiled its "Hear Her" campaign this week to raise awareness about pregnancy-related complications and risk, reports AHA News.

Children's National Hospital in Washington, D.C., treated what is believed to be the first case of resistant bacterial meningitis in the U.S., according to a study published in the Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society. 

The U.S. reported 1,036 new COVID-19 deaths and 57,128 new cases Aug. 6, according to The New York Times. While new cases are falling or stable in most states, newly reported deaths are rising in 21 states, according to the NYT.

In a recent press release, Healthmark announced the addition of the EndoProCam® to its ProSys™ Optical Inspection product line.

There are 21 states where newly reported deaths are rising in the U.S, according to The New York Times.

As of Aug. 7, more than 159,500 people in the U.S. have died after contracting COVID-19, according to The New York Times.

Hawaii has the highest COVID-19 reproduction rate, while Arizona has the lowest, according to rt.live. 

Texas currently has the most COVID-19 patients hospitalized, according to the COVID Tracking Project.

Nine states are reporting a rise in new cases of COVID-19, 17 states are reporting a drop, while 24 states and Washington, D.C. are seeing cases stabilize as of 7:05 a.m. CDT Aug. 7, according to The New York Times.

Large-scale testing of front-line healthcare providers at New York City-Northwell Health found 13 percent of staff had COVID-19 antibodies, according to research published Aug. 6 in The Journal of the American Medical Association. 

Most primary care physicians acknowledge antibiotic resistance is an issue — but not in their own practices, a study published in Open Forum Infectious Diseases found. 

Health experts predict that a COVID-19 vaccine will be less effective in obese Americans, which could leave more than 100 million people still vulnerable to the virus, reports Kaiser Health News.

The U.S. has recorded an average of 56,979 new cases daily over the past week, down 14 percent from the average seen two weeks ago, according to The New York Times. 

Children belonging to minority racial groups and low-income communities face higher rates of COVID-19 infection, mirroring racial disparities identified among adult COVID-19 patients, a new study shows.

New York City is setting up checkpoints in the city to track visitors and city residents coming from states with COVID-19 surges, so officials can ensure they are complying with state quarantine requirements.

Less than half of Americans would receive the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as it is available, according to a poll from SurveyMonkey and Covid Near You, a joint project of Boston Children's Hospital and Boston-based Harvard Medical School.

Amy Acton, MD, resigned from her role as chief health adviser to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, according to NPR's radio station WOSU. 

Early data from two hospitals in New York City and St. Louis suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic will cause an uptick in some healthcare-associated infections, researchers wrote in a commentary published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Schools should require students and staff members to get the flu shot before resuming in-person classes this fall, two physicians wrote in an op-ed for Bloomberg.