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Rankings and Ratings

California cities dominate the list of happiest cities in the U.S., according to an analysis released March 1 by personal finance website WalletHub. 

Maryland is the state where patients spend the longest time in the emergency department before leaving the hospital, according to research by IT service automation company SysAid. 

Cities with the strongest job markets are peppered throughout the U.S., with no one region dominating the top-ranked out of 182 of the country's most populated cities, according to one ranking. 

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The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses selected 188 hospital units nationwide as the winners of its 2021 Beacon Award for Excellence, the organization said Feb. 16.

The annual expense of child care for an infant exceeds the annual cost of in-state tuition at a public four-year university in 34 states, according to the most recent data from the Economic Policy Institute. 

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