CMS' latest hospital quality star ratings, what you need to know about the latest omicron subvariant "Eris," and more.

CMS just gave almost 500 hospitals 5 stars. See how yours fared. (Monday, August 7)

CMS last month updated its hospital quality star ratings on its Care Compare website, with almost 500 hospitals achieving five-star ratings.

50% of nurses have a side job — and many want to make it their full-time gig (Tuesday, August 8)

According to a new survey from connectRN, around half of U.S. nurses have an additional job outside of nursing to earn extra income, and, of these nurses, over 25% say they plan to leave nursing to focus on their side job full-time.

What you need to know about 'Eris' — the latest omicron subvariant (Wednesday, August 9)

As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increase in the United States, a new omicron subvariant, EB.5.1 or "Eris," is quickly gaining prevalence due to mutations that make it "a little bit more slippery" and "competitive" than other circulating variants.

Where COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising the fastest, mapped (Thursday, August 10)

Over the last few weeks, COVID-19 cases have been rising as more people stay indoors due to the summer heat and a new omicron subvariant grows in prevalence. Here's where hospitalizations have been rising the fastest.

HHS invests $100M to expand the nursing pipeline (Friday, August 11)

HHS on Thursday announced that Health Resources and Services Administration will distribute $100 million to certain universities and health systems to train more nurses in an effort to address nursing shortages nationwide. However, Advisory Board's Allyson Paiewonsky warns that two key challenges could hinder the long-term impact of this initiative.