Governor suspends nursing requirements until 2008
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SACRAMENTO - Angering nurses across California, the Schwarzenegger administration moved Thursday to delay a requirement for additional nurses in hospital medical and surgical units.
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More than 2,500 nurses rallied Wednesday at the state Capitol protesting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's decision to delay Jan. 1 requirements that California hospitals reduce the number of patients cared for by a single nurse.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist on Tuesday froze property insurance rates and blocked insurers from canceling policies as the state prepares for another hurricane season and insurance reforms kick in.
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(Hartford-AP, Dec. 28, 2004 7:30 AM) _ Governor Jodi Rell remains hospitalized in Danbury following breast cancer surgery. Rell underwent surgery yesterday after doctors found the cancer last week.
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The Washington State Nurses Association is protesting a requirement by Virginia Mason Medical Center that nurses, along with other staff members, be immunized against influenza this year or be fired.
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and the state plans to drop all restrictions after Thanksgiving on any remaining supplies. So depending on how many doses are left Nov.
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Many strides have been made against cancer. But the diagnosis is scary for anyone, even a governor. The news that Gov. M. Jodi Rell underwent surgery for breast cancer Monday shows the great good that can come of getting regular medical exams.
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_ State health officials said Monday that the city was in violation of federal drinking water rules for the past six years by supplying incomplete results from its annual lead tests.
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The flu vaccine shortage might stretch into 2005 if one key US supplier cannot resume manufacturing in time. By Henry Barrios, The Bakersfield Californian via AP.
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The Broward County School System suspended the remainder of its flu-vaccination program for employees on Friday and will turn over the remainder of its vaccine, about 2,500 doses, to the Broward County Health Department, which had none.
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State regulators have suspended the license of a dentist whose 5-year-old patient fell into a coma in his office and later died.
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The announcement came last week: Flu vaccine shortage. Chiron Corporationâs flu vaccine facility in Liverpool, England, had its license suspended for three months by British health regulators because of contamination problems.
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NORTH COUNTY ---- Palomar Pomerado Health&#39;s two hospitals have canceled all 78 of their flu-shot clinics and other local hospitals are taking similar steps in the wake of a critical shortage in the nation&#39;s vaccine supply, officials announced Thursday.
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OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was jointly issued by the CNA and Health Care Workers Union SEIU 250: This Friday, Nov. 19, registered nurses and hospital workers will announce
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October 25, 2004 - Governor Rod Blagojevich is working on a plan to buy 87,000 doses of flu vaccine from a European company. However, before he can buy the shots, he needs approval from the Food and Drug Administration.
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A Montgomery County hospital where a 29-year-old patient suffered extreme malnutrition before his death could face steep state fines within weeks and even the loss of federal Medicare funding this fall because of serious failings in care.
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(Danbury-AP, Dec. 30, 2004 5:22 PM) _ Governor Rell was released from Danbury Hospital today, three days after undergoing breast cancer surgery.