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With the rapid spread of COVID-19 in our communities and across the United States, it's clear these are unprecedented times.

Futuro Health is offering a pandemic-readiness training course to licensed vocational nurses and licensed practical nurses. 

More than 15,000 hotels have signed up to provide temporary housing for emergency and healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Hotel and Lodging Association announced.

About 1,500 employees of Southfield, Mich.-based Beaumont Health are staying home due to their symptoms consistent with COVID-19, the health system confirmed to Becker's April 7.

Hospitals on Long Island in New York are adjusting staff in preparation for the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Newsday.

More than 700 employees of Detroit-based Henry Ford Health System have tested positive for COVID-19, the health system confirmed to Becker's.

Envision Healthcare, one of the nation's largest provider groups, has started to deploy clinicians to New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System to assist in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hospital employees are among the confirmed cases of COVID-19. Here are U.S. hospitals or other healthcare sites where employees have tested positive during the pandemic.  

About 72 percent of Americans say their life has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic in a new survey from Kaiser Family Foundation, up 32 percentage points from just two weeks ago.

The University of California will not lay off career employees for reasons related to COVID-19 through at least the fiscal year ending on June 30, the university announced.