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The AHA is also urging the Federal Trade Commission to investigate reports of anticompetitive pricing by nurse-staffing agencies. 

Hospital leaders on Tuesday will discuss the ongoing toll of COVID-19 on hospitals as the pandemic enters its third year.

<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This week's top stories include an alert from federal agencies about </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Russian state-sponsored cyber operations targeting U.S. critical infrastructure, including healthcare organizations, and Massachusetts emergency orders released in response to critical staffing shortages in healthcare. </span></span></p>

The lack of adequate safeguards, highlighted by employee complaints, were found primarily in the Children's Hospital at Montefiore.

Forty-five organizations are getting the American Rescue Plan funds over three years.

Yesterday, 1,900 Americans died from COVID-19, says HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra, in announcing $103 million for healthcare workforce.

A critical staffing shortage has contributed to the loss of about 700 medical/surgical and ICU hospital beds since the beginning of 2021.

At 81% approval from the public, nurses far outperform even the second-place profession, medical doctors, who grabbed a 67% rating.

The Justices upheld mandates for healthcare workers but say OSHA standards overstepped federal power.

<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><span style="color:black">This week's top stories include a class action complaint filed following a data breach that affected nearly 320,000 people, and New York's booster requirement that aims to protect the health of a stretched-thin workforce.</span></span></span></p>