Measure calls for hospitals to establish nurse-led staffing committees that would set specific nurse-to-patient ratios

But experts say more must be done to increase treatment capacity and connect with patients

Stricter guidelines help identify four times more children at risk of lead poisoning in 2018 than year before

Social isolation among elderly adds about $6.7 billion to nation’s annual health care spending; those with disabilities, veterans are also at risk

Former Amazon employee claims he was wrongly fired for failing a random drug test; attorneys for company want the case moved to federal court

Independent organization would monitor price increases on existing products and establish list prices for new medications

Proposals would outlaw all flavored tobacco and e-cigarettes, including menthol, implement other recommendations of governor’s vaping task force

Assemblyman proposes a trio of bills that would increase transparency, demand more detail, alert local leaders to fiscal red flags

Little data is currently available about addiction to social media or online shopping, but medical providers are mapping out parameters, experimenting with treatments

Residents line up for free vaccinations after supermarket food handler is found to have contracted the highly contagious disease