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Healthcare lost more than 12,000 jobs in June, with hospitals seeing another month of job losses after a slight uptick in May, according to the latest jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield launched a pilot program in June to bring employees back to the office in the wake of the pandemic.

The American Hospital Association is calling for an extension for facilities to comply with new COVID-19 workplace safety rules for healthcare.

Several factors are shaping what one economist calls a "weird summer" for the U.S. labor market. How's it playing out in healthcare? 

Medical University of South Carolina Health employees were provided a final deadline of June 30 to be vaccinated against COVID-19, or to obtain a medical or religious exemption, as part of the Charleston-based system's mandate.

Cigna's Denison, Texas center is permanently shifting 500 employees to entirely remote work, vacating the facility altogether. 

The Houston Chronicle recently spoke with patients and workers at Houston Methodist after 153 employees resigned during a two-week suspension period or were terminated June 22 for not complying with the health system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

UnitedHealth Group has invited its 330,000 employees to return to the company's offices.

A total of 153 Houston Methodist employees either resigned during a two-week suspension period or were terminated June 22 for not complying with the health system's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's.

Healthcare professionals who temporarily fill in for colleagues, known as locum tenens, have long been part of the industry. For a closer look at these professionals, Staff Care, a national physician staffing firm and a subsidiary of AMN Healthcare, surveyed locum…