California’s nursing shortage is projected to worsen, and hospitals say funding cuts will only add strain. But front-line nurses blame heavy workloads, not a shortage, for driving workers away.

California’s shortage of registered nurses is expected to grow from 3.7% in 2024 to 16.7% by 2033 due to inadequate recruitment, training and retention.

Dedicated telehealth provider joins to broaden access to addiction treatmentWASHINGTON, Pa., Oct. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MedMark Treatment Centers, a leading provider of outpatient care for ...

TURLOCK, Calif. — California, like much of the nation, is not producing enough nurses working at bedsides to meet the needs of an aging and diverse population, fueling a workforce crunch that risks ...

Novo Nordisk, which lobbied to win Medicaid reimbursement for its obesity drug Wegovy, is fighting to keep that coverage as ...

Morehouse School of Medicine has partnered with Common Spirit Health (Dignity’s parent company), the Kern Community College ...

Under Trump's budget law, food assistance for refugees will be sliced. The change is sowing fear, uncertainty and a struggle ...

More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections.

The health care giant and its union agreed to resume bargaining after the strike at hundreds of hospitals in California, ...

More than 30,000 unionized Kaiser Permanente employees were expected to return to work today after a five-day strike in ...

Not every bill the Legislature passes makes it past the governor’s desk. Here’s what Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed this session.

The program, called the Elevate Behavioral Health Workforce Fund, will offer zero-interest loans, apprenticeships, peer support training, paid internships and nurse practitioner programs with the goal ...