Long COVID-19 is keeping between 2 million to 4 million Americans out of work, according to an Aug. 24 report from the Brookings Institute. 

Albany (N.Y.) Med System will team up with Troy, N.Y.-based Russell Sage College to create a new program for nursing students, in an effort to alleviate the national nursing shortage.

Is "quiet quitting," a trend gaining traction on social media that encourages workers to diminish their enthusiasm at work and refrain from exceeding expectations, the second-rate version of actually resigning?

Pittsfield, Mass.-based Berkshire Health Systems will invest $7 million in its workforce development program, according to a sponsored article published in The Berkshire Eagle on Aug. 23. 

New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System has opened exhibits in two of its hospitals celebrating staff who worked through the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The average reservation wage — the lowest pay level Americans would be willing to accept — was $72,873 in July, Bloomberg reported Aug. 22, citing a labor market survey by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Essential workers reported that the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected their dietary habits and quality of healthcare. Neil Roy, MBBS, research fellow, and Sylvia Rosas, MD, MSCE, staff physician at the Joslin Diabetes Center and director of the Latino Kidney Clinic at harvard, investigated the impact of COVID-19 on dietary habits and quality of healthcare in individuals with diabetes.

Cleveland Clinic said it is well on its way to hitting its goal of hiring 1,200 Cleveland residents in 2022. 

As COVID-19 restrictions ease, the male workforce is stepping back to a pre-pandemic rhythm. For women, however, job restoration has been slower, USA Today reported Aug. 21. 

High school students from across the U.S. dedicated their summer vacation to volunteering at Mount Airy, N.C.-based Northern Regional Hospital, according to an Aug. 21 report in The Mount Airy News.

Citing a need to boost nurse hiring and retention, Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network has launched a new mobile internal staffing model.

A new survey of U.S. executives across numerous sectors finds contradictory sentiments on talent and labor management, with half of respondents indicating they have plans to reduce headcount as more than one-third see talent acquisition and retention as a serious business risk.

Millions of Americans have changed jobs or started working remotely, which is a significant reason why work friendships are harder to forge and becoming less of a priority, according to an Aug. 17 report from The Wall Street Journal.

Forty-nine percent of  U.S. healthcare workers in a recent survey said they are either at their breaking point or looking for new work due to the stress and trauma they endure on the job, a Colorado addiction treatment center reported Aug. 18.

Nurses from Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital raised staffing concerns with Buncombe County commissioners, ABC affiliate WLOS reported Aug. 17.

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health is requiring COVID-19 booster shots for employees.

Amid increased calls to address workplace violence, some health systems are hiring personnel specifically to focus on the issue. The directors often oversee areas of the organization related to safety and security.  

The California Legislature should examine factors contributing to high employee turnover in the state's mental hospitals, including violence against employees and long hours, an Aug. 12 analysis from the California Legislative Analyst's Office recommends.

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Healthcare is hiring for 14 jobs that do not require a four-year college degree. 

Sonoma (Calif.) Valley hospital reported that 80 percent of its staff members exposed or showing COVID-19 symptoms tested positive for the virus in the last two weeks of July, marking a large increase from recent past months, the Sonoma Index-Tribune reported Aug. 15.