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Survey results published by USA Today June 3 provide a glimpse of COVID-19 vaccination rates among healthcare employees and suggest a number of workers remain unvaccinated.  

Indiana University Health, a 16-hospital system in Indianapolis, will require employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19, The Indianapolis Star reported June 1. 

Grande Ronde Hospital and Clinics in La Grande, Ore., is closing its hospice care program, the health system said May 27.

U.S. employers can legally require employees physically entering the workplace to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, according to updated guidelines from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

University of Louisville (Ky.) Health will require employees to be vaccinated for COVID-19, making it among the latest health systems to do so.

Oregon State Hospital, a psychiatric facility with a main campus in Salem and a smaller satellite campus in Junction City, has asked for 30 registered nurses from the National Guard as its staffing shortage intensifies, according to The Oregonian.

MidMichigan Health in Midland is offering an incentive to its employees, physicians, students, volunteers and contractors to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the health system said May 27.

Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health is looking to hire hundreds of workers and offering enticements to attract workers, according to Penn Live.

Advocate Aurora Health is implementing a new work model that will move 12,000 non-clinical employee positions in finance, consumer experience and more departments to remote-first operations, according to a May 21 BizTimes report. 

Houston Methodist nurses were among a group of roughly 50 to 75 people who protested the health system's COVID-19 vaccine requirement for employees over the weekend, the Houston Chronicle reported.