Gov. David A. Paterson introduced a wide-ranging patient safety bill Wednesday that would give the state more authority in health investigations and, for the first time, make public names of doctors under scrutiny.

Residents of Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community in Waverly have no complaints about their food.Local farmers who sell the food are happy, too.Bartels Lutheran, about 15 miles north of Waterloo, was among the first nursing homes to sign a Healthy Food i

A Wausau panel decided tonight to allow a downtown club to host teen nights on a permanent basis so long as club operators continue to abide by the rules established in their teen dance permit.

CHICAGO — For the seventh time, University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina has been named on the nation’s Most Wired hospitals list , according to the results of the 2008 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study released in the July issue of Hospit

The Mine Health and Safety Amendment Bill proposes a maximum fine of R1 million for certain contraventions in mining operations. In a public submission to Parliament, Frans Barker of the Chamber of Mines (CoM) called for a balance between preventative and