Calif. Health Initiative on Deathbed
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The California Senate's health committee effectively killed an ambitious proposal to create a near-universal health-care system, dealing a major political defeat yesterday to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and a setback to similar efforts nationally.
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California Republican lawmakers unveiled a health-care initiative on Tuesday that they called more realistic than the one proposed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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The World Health Organization launched an initiative on Monday to improve medical services for the elderly in a bid to tackle the growing public health implications of a rapidly aging global population.
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Doctors may have to take a more active  role in addressing the spiritual needs of patients with  terminal illnesses, a study suggested on Thursday.
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Six months ago, the death of a 12-year-old Prince George's County boy from untreated dental decay shed a grim spotlight on gaps in federal and state medical assistance programs charged with providing care to 30 million poor children.
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Dec. 23, 2004 - All states report a decrease in the prevalence of chronic pain in nursing home patients in the latest report from the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, which was launched two years ago by Health and Human Services.
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Seeking to put Alzheimer&#39;s disease on the same footing as cancer and heart disease, health officials are embarking on a landmark initiative that regularly will scan the brains and analyze the bodily fluids of 800 people.
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A sixth Southern Californian, the third in Los Angeles County, has died of the West Nile virus, and officials warned Thursday that most victims of the disease have developed other, more serious illnesses, including encephalitis and meningitis.
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Lists details of unhealthiest areas The Department of Health (DoH) has launched an interactive website to support efforts to raise life expectancy in deprived areas.â¦
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 (Xinhuanet) -- Local health officials on Thursday confirmed a third West Nile virus death in Los Angeles County, bringing the death toll from the mosquito-borne disease to six in the western US state of California.
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The World Health Organization  launched an initiative on Monday to improve medical services  for the elderly in a bid to tackle the growing public health  implications of a rapidly aging global population.
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LOS ANGELES California recorded its 18th death from the West Nile virus this week but health officials say the virus&#39; spread appears to be slowing.
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By The Fresno Bee, Calif.  Sep. 12--California launched a gutsy environmental initiative last month that has received far less attention than the much-heralded global warming bill.   On a unanimous vote on Aug.
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LOS ANGELES When an AIDS patient at a Los Angeles hospital had a heart attack and died last week -- county officials say a nurse didn&#39;t notice.
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SACRAMENTO, California  - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday vowed to press on with legislation to provide health insurance to his state's uninsured, a day after a universal health care bill he backed died in a Senate committee.
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By The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Jun. 9--T   he people have spoken, though only part of what they said is clear.   Unless the final count flips things around, which is unlikely, the one certain result of Tuesday's election is that Measure A is dead.
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With California facing a $5.5-billion budget gap, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may have to pare his goal of providing health-care coverage to the nearly 7 million uninsured in the state, analysts said on Monday.