Hospitals

Mask mandates will be enforced to enter the “patient areas” of New York City’s 11 public hospitals and all of the nursing homes and health clinics also run by the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) found that patients treated at hospitals owned by private equity firms were more likely to experience adverse events than those treated at hospitals not owned by private equity firms.

Hospitals across the United States have begun implementing mask mandates amid an increase in respiratory infections.

Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) vetoed legislation that prohibited transgender surgeries for minors and prevented biological males from competing in girls' sports.

A Chicago hospital system said that it will give patients the option to choose "X" and an alternative to identifying as male and female.

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) introduced a bill called the "Enlist Act of 2023" that would allow undocumented immigrants to serve in the U.S. military.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bill this week that allows parents to safely and anonymously surrender their newborns to a safe haven box.

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) signed a bill allowing parents to surrender their infants to Safe Haven Baby Boxes at hospitals, fire stations, and law enforcement buildings.

Republican Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), J.D. Vance (R-OH), Rick Scott (R-FL), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Mike Braun (R-IN) sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to "immediately restrict travel between the United States and the PRC."

Houston Methodist, the first hospital in the United States to mandate COVID-19 vaccines, will no longer require employees to receive the vaccine.