ST. LOUIS — Richard S. Stevson was fired four years ago from the city Health Department after being accused of helping a buddy cheat to get a promotion. Stevson sued to get his job back. Eventually he agreed to settle the case for about $35,000.

SA HEALTH has ignored its own advisory group's repeated warnings a "noxious" work environment is putting the health system "on the verge of collapse".

THE government’s attempt to set up a health costs watchdog would have dire consequences, the SA Medical Association (Sama) said yesterday. The association, which represents doctors, was commenting on the proposed National Health Bill.

BEARING signs such as "No more Mr Nice Gay" and "We're not asking for five wives - just one", more than 10,000 New Yorkers have joined a nation-wide backlash against California's voting down of same-sex marriage rights.

When the first hints of a listeria outbreak emerged from a Toronto nursing home in mid-July, it took more than three weeks for health officials to get test results from labs in Ottawa and Winnipeg.