1. Daily COVID-19 stats, state-by-state:

• Test positivity rates
• Vaccines administered
• Population fully vaccinated
• Hospitalizations
• Deaths

2. Biden mandates vaccine for all federal workers as part of new plan to combat delta — 9 details  Full story

3. Mu unlikely to replace delta as dominant variant, virologists say  Full story

4. The future of obstetrics is changing. How can hospitals improve outcomes for pregnant women and recruit and retain OB/GYNs to support labor and delivery volumes? Read industry report.

5. WVU Medicine seeks to swiftly fill 2,700 jobs  Full story

6. Steward to cut maternity care at Pennsylvania hospital  Full story

7. The hospitalist and the health system — How these 3 organizations are managing costs and improving productivity without burdening physicians.

8. 15 hospitals closing departments, ending services  Full story

9. Allina Health CEO Dr. Penny Wheeler to retire  Full story

10. Atlantic General Hospital CEO Michael Franklin steps down  Full story

11. Do you know how to protect your hospital from threats both within & beyond the firewall? Learn here.

12. Hospitals receive staffing help amid latest COVID-19 wave: Snapshots from 6 states  Full story

13. Sanford Health gets $350M donation for virtual care center  Full story

14. 65% of Dollar General stores in 'health deserts,' CEO says  Full story

15. The best, worst states to work in America  Full story

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