health care

Mayor orders cops to tear down first aid station and arrest 130 in Chicago

October 24, 2011 By John Wojcik

Protesting the mass arrests and the destruction of their first aid station this weekend, ordered by Mayor Emmanuel, nurses and their allies picketed City Hall this morning.

Occupy Wall Street is the voice of America

October 18, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

It's no surprise that Republicans, right-wing think tanks, corporate moguls and, of course, Wall Street execs and CEO's are worried sick about Occupy Wall Street.

After patient death, nurses urge end to lockout

September 27, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

After a patient died at a Sutter Health hospital Sept. 24 while under the care of strike replacement nurses, the California Nurses Association called on the hospital chain to immediately end its lockout of thousands of...

Thousands of California nurses strike to fight takeaways

September 23, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

The nurses were among 23,000 of their co-workers holding a one-day strike at three-dozen Sutter Health and Kaiser Permanente facilities in northern and central California, as well as Oakland Children's Hospital.

After encounter with Perry, Bachmann feels HPV sting

September 16, 2011 By Teresa Albano

A doctor is challenging Republican presidential candidate Michelle Bachmann's wild claims that the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation.