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In Kansas City, hospitals are treating local COVID-19 patients as well as patients transferred from rural counties in Missouri and Kansas, where there's no mandate or culture for wearing masks.

The vaccine stored will be whichever is approved first, possibly the candidate from Pfizer, which is expected to ask the FDA for emergency approval on Friday,

The new center, a joint effort of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Wolfson Children's Hospital and Nemours Children's Specialty Care, is set to open shortly after the first of the year.

Justin Senior, CEO of Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida, talked about the state’s increase in infections and hospitalizations on the "Florida Roundup."

Hospitals, a powerful political force in health care, fear lowering the eligibility age for Medicare will cost them billions of dollars because federal reimbursements are less than private insurance.

The penalties are the ninth round of a program created as part of the ACA's broader effort to improve quality and lower costs.

More than eight months into the pandemic, stockpiling of protective equipment by wealthy hospital systems is straining other facilities that need to keep their front-line workers safe.

NPR has learned federal agencies collect and analyze this information in detail but don't share it with the public. The documents list Tampa General among hospitals over 90% ICU capacity.

An alert warns hospitals and health care providers that there is "credible information of an increased and imminent cybercrime threat."

The shipment included about 6 million pieces of medical supplies.