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Medical Center Health System in Odessa, Texas, is asking retired nurses and respiratory therapists to help support its full-time staff as coronavirus cases surge in the state, according to WJHL-TV, a CBS/ABC-affiliated TV station.

Southwest Florida hospitals are boosting staffing as the state is being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the News-Press.

Billings (Mont.) Clinic and state officials have been working together to ensure staffing needs are met at a memory care facility experiencing a COVID-19 outbreak, the clinic confirmed to Becker's.  

Huntsville (Ala.) Hospital has about 200 employees out in Madison County due to issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic, local TV station WAAY reports.

Scripps Health is hiring more staff in intensive care units as the San Diego-based system prepares for a rise in COVID-19 patients, reports TV station KUSI. 

Employees at the CDC are calling on the agency to address what they say is racism and discrimination against Black workers, according to NPR.

Nearly 70,000 tech startup employees have lost their jobs since March, which could be bad news for companies seeking innovative technology solutions, according to The Wall Street Journal.

San Francisco General Hospital is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport said it will grow its North Louisiana workforce by more than 450 amid high levels of unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal medical personnel will provide staffing backup at Dallas-based Parkland Hospital, The Dallas Morning News reports.