OAKLAND, Calif. — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand…
Read more Another strike sends 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to picket linesSAN FRANCISCO — SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers went on strike Tuesday to demand better wages…
Read more 31K Kaiser Permanente nurses, other health care workers strike for better wagesMore than 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals spent a second day on the picket lines Wednesday carrying signs that say, “Patients over profits” and “We’re out to…
Read more Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher payMore than 3,000 nurses at six Oregon hospitals spent a second day on the picket lines Wednesday carrying signs that say, “Patients over profits” and “We’re out to…
Read more Nurses in Oregon take to the picket lines to demand better staffing, higher payLaguna Beach, California Luciano Lejtman | Moment | Getty Images When most people think of Laguna Beach, California, they think of its scenic coves and beaches. But the…
Read more A city famous for its beaches is helping residents age in place. What to know if you want to stay in your homeLONDON — Britain’s government reached a deal with senior doctors in England that could potentially end a series of disruptive strikes, officials said Monday. The Department of Health…
Read more UK government reaches a pay deal with senior doctors that could end disruptive strikesCHICAGO — Using sidewalks as exam rooms and heavy red duffle bags as medical supply closets, volunteer medics spend their Saturdays caring for the growing number of migrants…
Read more Volunteer medical students are trying to fill the health care gap for migrants in ChicagoROME — Dozens of migrants were dramatically rescued by Italy as they foundered in the sea or clung to a rocky reef Sunday after three boats launched by…
Read more Dozens saved by Italy from migrant shipwrecks; some, clinging to rocks, plucked to safety by coptersROME — Sticking to doctors’ advice, Pope Francis on Sunday skipped his customary weekly public blessing as he convalesces from abdominal surgery in a Rome hospital, but walked…
Read more Hospitalized Pope Francis walks a bit, follows Mass on TV, lunches with medical personnel and aidesANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Salt Lake City man who says his job offer to become an Alaska State Trooper was rescinded after he disclosed he was HIV positive…
Read more Utah man sues Alaska troopers, says his job offer was yanked after revealing HIV statusTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children. But a new law that Republican presidential candidate and Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Read more Transgender adults in Florida `blindsided’ that new law also limits their access to health careHARLINGEN, Texas — Border Patrol medical staff declined to review the file of an 8-year-old girl with a chronic heart condition and rare blood disorder before she appeared…
Read more Despite flags, Border Patrol staff didn’t review fragile 8-year-old girl’s file before she diedAuthorities in Beijing say the death toll in a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon in a hospital has risen to 29, with 26 of them patients BEIJING…
Read more Death toll in Beijing hospital fire rises to 29Even as 7,000 nurses return to work at two of New York’s busiest hospitals after a three-day strike, colleagues around the country say it’s just a matter of…
Read more Even as New York nurses return to work, more strikes could followNEW YORK — Two New York City hospitals have reached a tentative contract agreement with thousands of striking nurses that ends this week’s walkout that disrupted patient care,…
Read more New York City nurses return to work after deal ends strikeVERSAILLES, France — Even close to midnight on a school night, the tipoff was too important to ignore: A nearby gas station had just been resupplied. So Aicha…
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