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Missouri will spend $30 million in federal funding made available under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act for temporary hospital staffing and monoclonal antibody infusion stations, Gov. Mike Parson announced Aug. 11. 

The Texas Department of State Health Services has arranged for the deployment of more than 2,500 medical workers to help hospitals care for COVID-19 patients, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Aug. 11.

HHS is requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for the more than 25,000 members of its healthcare workforce, the department said Aug. 12.

Rhode Island and Pennsylvania are requiring employees in state healthcare facilities to get vaccinated or undergo regular COVID-19 testing.

About 8,000 Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System employees have requested black ID badge reels to indicate they are fully vaccinated, the health system told Becker's Aug. 11.

Citing their desire to protect patients, visitors, colleagues and communities, hospitals and health systems across the U.S. have announced COVID-19 vaccination requirements for employees. But protests have also popped up, organized by people who oppose these mandates.

Organizations across the U.S., including hospitals and health systems, are increasingly requiring COVID-19 vaccination for employees, particularly as the delta variant spreads. One question that has come up amid the mandates: Are employees who are fired for noncompliance eligible for…

Citing the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic and the delta variant, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee issued an emergency proclamation Aug. 9 requiring that most state employees and all healthcare workers be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18.

Nurse practitioners have replaced physicians at the top of Merritt Hawkins' list of most recruited providers. 

A complicated labor market has employers trying to "buy back job applicants' COVID lifestyle," CNBC reports.