1. Number of US children hospitalized with COVID-19 hits record; Dallas out of pediatric ICU beds Full story

2. US accounts for 20% of world's COVID-19 cases Full story

3. American Society of Anesthesiologists condemns AANA name change Full story

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5. Delta variant 'burning through' Nashville; hospitalizations up 900% in 6 weeks statewide Full story

6. Healthcare workers, nursing home residents likely next in line for COVID-19 boosters Full story

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8. 'We're running out of options': Oregon hospitals treating patients in hallways amid COVID-19 surge Full story

9. 14 recent hospital, health system executive moves Full story

10. 7 things to know about MIS-C, the severe pediatric COVID-19 complication Full story

11. Doing versus Being: UAB's Journey to the Future of Patient Centricity Learn more

12. Delta makes up 97%+ of US COVID cases & 10 other CDC stats to know Full story

13. Physicians ask Massachusetts governor to end Saint Vincent nurses' strike Full story

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

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