Soon after health chief Alan Levine’s arrival in 2008, a mentally ill person shot and killed a New Orleans police officer, then there was an oil spill in the Mississippi River, two hurricanes and the H1N1 virus outbreak.

Central Regional Health Authority is reporting there is still a great need to attract more health care professionals to the region. Dr.[...]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — As Congress debated the health care bill, many critics lamented that it would do little to transform a system in which doctors and hospitals bounce patients around in an uncoordinated, costly, sometimes tragic process.

City of Augusta employee health insurance costs are projected to rise a staggering $6.9 million next year, and the prognosis for maintaining the same coverage they had this year is grim.

Public health officials advise residents affected by recent flooding to take precautions to protect their health, including attention to hygiene, current vaccinations and any actual contact with floodwaters.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tucked into the new health care law is a requirement that could become a paperwork nightmare for nearly 40 million businesses. They must file tax forms for every vendor that sells them more than $600 in goods.

"In the coming decade, the health care and social assistance sector will be one of the leading sources of employment. It is going to be one of the most vital sectors in the economy and it is going to be a place of job growth," said Ithaca College sociologist Stephen Sweet. Since women make up a whopping 80 percent of the workforce in the health care industry, allowances will have to be made for ...

The new health reform law — the Affordable Care Act -- bodes well for as many as 30 million women -- a number that includes 15 million women who are uninsured, according to a new report.