Workers say that overcrowding and staffing shortages at the UCSF Parnassus emergency room are putting patients in unsafe conditions, with many receiving care in hallways or on the waiting room floor.

Nine UCSF Parnassus ER providers say chronic nurse understaffing is contributing to preventable patient deaths, even as the hospital posts record profits.

Providers at UCSF's Parnassus ER say understaffing has reached a crisis point. One described seeing patients dead on a gurney.

It can be hard to find the right words to say to a friend whose loved one has died. Experts share the dos and don'ts of expressing condolences.

Registered nurses at Bay Area Kaiser facilities will hold a rally at Kaiser San Francisco Medical Center on Monday, May 11, to protest Kaiser’s plan to terminate nurses who are DACA, or Deferred Actio...

After over two years without a contract, and five strikes, the University continues to refuse to bargain in good faith, including unlawfully refusing to negotiate over housing benefits for workers and...

The probation department last week submitted a budget proposal to provide the same services a city-contracted nonprofit already does.

MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith leaders, who hail from across the country and represent a range of religious traditions, deployed to neighborhoods with significant immigrant populations, where DHS agent...

More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers are on strike Thursday at 65 U.S. stores. The strike has closed some stores on Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, which is typically one of the company’s busiest days ...

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to the company he founded in April to lead the business, which is part of Amazon's devices division.

On August 6th, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) terminated our union contract, along with the contracts of our union siblings. This is an attack on those who dedicate their lives to the service...

National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in the United States, today condemned the chaos and fear spread by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)...

At least four of the studies cited in a flagship White House report on children's health do not exist, authors listed in the document told AFP Thursday, casting doubt on the paper outlining Health Sec...

NEW YORK—Issuing a categorical denial of the accusations, NBC producers announced Thursday there was absolutely no usage of artificial intelligence in the new series Detective Fireman Lawyer Chicago Los Angeles Show. “At NBC, we are passionate about storytelling, and the truth is that machine learning isn’t capable of bringing to life vibrant characters like Jim Jack […]

Tens of millions of American Christians are embracing a charismatic movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which seeks to destroy the secular state.

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