healthcare

US Department of Labor Announces Availability of $6M in Grants to Attract, Retain Women in Registered Apprenticeships, Nontraditional Occupations

Women make up nearly half the U.S. labor force but only about 14% of all registered apprenticeships, a proven pathway…

1 year ago

Life After Mother: Horrors of Dementia

Had my mother been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, a specific brain disease that results in dementia, she would have accessed a…

2 years ago

Supervisors Vote to Require Healthcare Coverage for LA County Hospital Workers

The motion also requires that these contracts include a labor peace agreement.

2 years ago

Padilla Urges Retail Pharmacies Across the Country to Provide Strongest Possible Legal Access to Mifepristone

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and 15 of…

2 years ago

Ill Harvest In Rural California, Farmworkers Fend For Themselves For Health Care

Where government and health care institutions are absent, some communities turn to grassroots action. Capital and Main https://capitalandmain.com/in-rural-california-farmworkers-fend-for-themselves-for-health-care Carmen Hernandez…

3 years ago

CARE Center and Dignity Health Celebrated Equity and Inclusion at The Long Beach Pride Parade

For more than 35 years, the CARE Program has supported the LGBTQ+ community of Long Beach by providing quality healthcare…

3 years ago

Gov. Newsom Highlights Healthcare for All Californian’s, Proclamation for Primary Election and Denies Parole for Sirhan Sirhan

The California Blueprint proposes providing a full expansion of Medi-Cal to all eligible Californians regardless of immigration status, including an…

4 years ago

Sparrow Hospital Union Members Vote Almost Unanimously to Authorize a Strike

The vote does not mean there will necessarily be a strike, although one can be called “at any time,” officials…

4 years ago

COVID-19 Cases Among Healthcare Workers Increase; Public Health Confirms COVID-19 Death in a Child

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health or Public Health Aug. 4 confirmed 16 new deaths and 3,734 new…

4 years ago

Gov. Newsom Signs Into Law First-in-the-Nation Expansion of Medi-Cal to Undocumented Californians Age 50 and Over

Under AB 133, approximately 235,000 Californians aged 50 years and older are newly eligible for Medi-Cal, including preventive services, long-term…

4 years ago