UPMC Lock Haven (Pa.) remains closed four days after a fire prompted it to evacuate patients and shut down, according to the Williamsport Sun-Gazette. 

A fire prompted UPMC Lock Haven (Pa.) to evacuate patients Sept. 10. 

Chatham Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Siler City, N.C., opened its new maternity care center Sept. 8, 28 years after it discontinued maternity care, according to The News & Observer. 

New York City-based Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center saw nearly 100 more gunshot victims in June, July and August of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, CNN reports.

Franciscan Health Rensselaer (Ind.) hospital will close its licensed residential unit this fall, according to the Kankakee Valley Post News.

PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Wash., has postponed most surgeries due to a water chemistry issue that is affecting sterilization, the hospital confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review. 

University Medical Center, a 500-bed facility in Lubbock, Texas, is diverting new patients to other regional hospitals due to a power failure, according to local radio station KFYO.

Two months after a violent storm flooded Norwood (Mass.) Hospital, the facility remains closed, according to its website. 

Southern Illinois Healthcare will close its primary care facility in Harrisburg Aug. 31 for deep cleaning after several employees contracted COVID-19, officials announced on Facebook.

Adventist Health St. Helena (Calif.) Hospital will reopen Aug. 29, 10 days after it shut down due to wildfires in the area, according to the Napa Valley Register. 

Lake Charles (La.) Memorial Hospital began evacuating patients Aug. 27 after losing power and water service due to Hurricane Laura, according to TV station KPLC. 

Hurricane Laura made landfall early Aug. 27, slamming the Texas and Louisiana coasts, the New York Times reports. Hospitals in both states have been preparing for the potentially devastating effects of the hurricane.

Two patients and three employees were injured when a steam pipe broke at Houston-based Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital this weekend, according to Click2Houston. 

Dozens of physicians, activists and lawmakers gathered Aug. 19 to protest the closure of Mercy Hospital & Medical Center in Chicago, according to WBEZ. 

Wildfires prompted Napa County (Calif.) to issue mandatory evacuation orders Aug. 19 that included Adventist Health St. Helena (Calif.), a 151-bed hospital. 

Mercyhealth, a seven-hospital system based in Janesville, Wis., announced Aug. 18 that it is cutting inpatient emergency services at Javon Bea Hospital-Rockton in Rockford, Ill., according to TV station WTVO. 

Ride-share company Lyft released data on how it is helping hospitals and health plans improve preventive care access, emergency room overuse and overall experience for Medicaid patients.

Riverside (Calif.) Community Hospital announced Aug. 17 that it will close its pediatric unit on Nov. 17. 

Some experts question whether New York City hospitals have the capacity to handle another possible COVID-19 wave after cutting about 20,000 beds over the last two decades, according to local news source the Gothamist.

Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu temporarily closed its adult intensive care unit after staff were exposed to COVID-19, according to local news station KHON2.