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New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has sent nurses to two Upstate hospitals amid a COVID-19 surge in western New York.

Healthcare employment declined at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 and remains below expected levels through November 2021, a new Kaiser Family Foundation chart collection shows.  

Kentucky's nursing shortage prompted Gov. Andy Beshear to sign an executive order Dec. 9 declaring that the situation amid a deadly global COVID-19 pandemic is an emergency.

As hospitals face capacity constraints amid a COVID-19 surge, some states have enlisted the National Guard to help staff healthcare facilities, The New York Times reported Dec. 9.

Below is a list of 12 hospitals or health systems hiring leaders and executives in philanthropy.

Some 4.2 million Americans quit their jobs in October, indicating workers' willingness or ability to leave jobs amid labor market disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Dec. 8 by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Five Pennsylvania hospitals and health systems were chosen to participate in a new statewide music therapy program supporting front-line healthcare workers who are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The University of Maryland Medical System is offering a community college tuition assistance incentive program to registered nurses and other clinical workers, part of a $5.1 million investment in employee recruitment, the Baltimore-based organization announced Dec. 6.

Pending litigation over federal COVID-19 vaccination requirements for healthcare workers has caused some hospitals and health systems to reevaluate their mandate decisions as the omicron variant spreads and the delta variant remains dominant in the U.S.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said New York City is imposing a vaccination mandate for private-sector employers, according to CNBC.