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Two health care industry players propose a one-time 5% tax on billionaires to offset federal cuts to Medi-Cal, education.

The proposal, which could appear on the June 2026 ballot, would levy a $5,000 per-bedroom tax on most vacation rentals and on ...

Three committees have been formed to raise funding to pass Prop 50, according to the California Fair Political Practices ...

A letter from Santa Clara County Executive James Williams warning that federal cuts could close hospitals landed in mailboxes ...

Santa Clara County officials are worried about what big cuts to Medicaid will mean for the area’s public hospitals ...

THE launch of the first phase of a new study conducted by global leader in English language testing OET, in collaboration with the Philippine Nurses Association (PNA), aims to shed light on a hidden ...

The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) is announcing that it will sit on the country's first national council on nurse-to-patient ratios. The council is being formed by the Canadian Federation of ...

The core functions of primary care are first contact access, comprehensiveness, continuity, coordination and ...

Doctors and nurses with depressive symptoms were up to 40% more likely to take sick leave in the past year, worsening staff ...

Microsoft expanded its Dragon Copilot artificial intelligence clinical assistant to nurses, designing its ambient AI ...