Several hospitals and health systems in Florida and Louisiana are postponing elective surgeries amid an uptick in COVID-19 patient hospitalizations. 

Tyler Memorial Hospital in Tunkhannock, Pa., will end acute inpatient care and surgical and emergency department services in October, according to the Rocket-Courier. 

Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge, La., will temporarily halt scheduling any new elective inpatient surgeries because of an uptick in COVID-19 patients.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth's Central Florida division is nearing an all-time high for COVID-19 inpatients and is moving its emergency status to "red," according to the Orlando Sentinel. 

Sixty-three contract healthcare workers will join Western State Hospital in Staunton, Va., in coming weeks as a staffing shortage has forced the state-run facility to pause admissions.

PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center in Longview, Wash., said it is facing "unprecedented patient volumes" as its workforce alleges that a staffing crunch is leading to poor working conditions, according to The Daily News. 

For the first time since April, COVID-19 hospitalization rates in adults 65 and older are increasing, the CDC reported.

Amid the pandemic, births in the U.S. fell by 4 percent in 2020. Now, however, that trend is reversing as some hospitals experience baby booms. 

An armed man hijacked an ambulance with a patient inside early July 23, police said. The suspected gunman has since been taken into custody, The Hill reports. 

Plumas District Hospital in Quincy, Calif., had to close down and transfer patients July 19 because of a power outage, the hospital said. 

As U.S hospitals deal with fewer beds and more COVID-19 patients, some are taking steps such as rescheduling surgeries and turning down transfers to address dwindling capacity. 

A new study from researchers at Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital found that inequities can lead to challenges for patients at discharge.

Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, will close its outpatient surgery center by Sept. 1, according to The Times-Reporter. 

A $51.3 million COVID-19 overflow hospital in Memphis, Tenn., has closed permanently without ever treating a single patient, reports NBC affiliate WMC-TV.

As COVID-19 cases rise in all 50 states, hospitals across the nation are once again dealing with capacity issues in terms of beds and staffing as patients present with COVID-19 and other illnesses.

Heat-related emergency department visits during a six-day period in June, when most of Oregon and Washington were under an excessive heat warning, were 16 times higher than the same period in 2019, a July 16 CDC report found. 

Several nonprofit health systems in North Carolina are working to gain primary care market share in the region amid HCA Healthcare's retreat, the Hendersonville Lightning reported July 18. 

Hospitals in Springfield, Mo., continue to deal with an overflow of COVID-19 patients that's causing them to transfer patients to facilities in different cities, according to KY3.

The Springfield-Greene County Health Department and the Springfield-Greene County Office of Emergency Management in Missouri have requested state funding for a COVID-19 alternative care site amid a rise in severe cases, county officials said July 14.

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health is asking its surgeons to delay some elective surgeries that require an overnight stay because of an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations, News4Jax reported July 14.