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A sampling of U.S. hospitals and healthcare sites where employees have tested positive for COVID-19, as reported in September: 

Health department officials have identified Erlanger Health System's main hospital and CHI Memorial Hospital's main campus, both in Chattanooga, Tenn., as COVID-19 clusters on a list provided to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Prioritizing all front-line healthcare workers for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine once it is available may not necessarily be the most ethical distribution approach, panelists recently told the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, according to CNBC.

Forty percent of healthcare workers with COVID-19 were not showing symptoms when they were diagnosed, according to a new meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Epidemiology.

California's Occupational Safety and Health division has proposed $77,040 in penalties for five hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that it says failed to protect employees during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

A federal agency is investigating the VA Connecticut Healthcare System after a union complaint alleging illegal employment practices, the nonprofit Connecticut Health Investigative Team reported.

UK Good Samaritan Hospital in Lexington, Ky., tested about 100 employees after a cluster of COVID-19 cases developed at the facility, the hospital confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review. 

Fireside chats, food and town hall meetings are among the ways hospitals and health systems have boosted employee satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Twenty-four environmental services employees at Carilion Roanoke (Va.) Memorial Hospital recently tested positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.

Retaining talent is a top concern for health systems, and they're offering benefits to help keep employees engaged, according to a recent survey from Aon.