In this episode Molly Gamble, Vice President of Editorial at Becker's Healthcare, discusses the hottest healthcare business news of the day. Here, she focuses on the following topics: 1) U.S. COVID-19 hospitalizations tick downward 2) Vaccine development update from Merck + Moderna 3) Fauci’s warning of U.K. virus variant 4) Vaccine rollout in the U.S.: Which states are leading, lagging 5) Median hospital operating margin in 2020 6) Northwell President and CEO Michael Dowling’s forecast for 2021