Healthcare

Mayor’s coalition launches initiative to address the homeless, panhandling

Mayor Sharon Weston Broome’s Homelessness Prevention Coalition is launching a strategic initiative focused on...

Companies increasing pressure on employees to get vaccinated

Companies are increasing the pressure on employees to get one of the COVID-19 vaccines,...

New federal COVID-19 safety rules exempt most employers

The Biden administration has exempted most employers from long-awaited rules for protecting workers from...

‘LaPolitics’: The session is over but not the decisions

The wheeling and dealing and cheerleading and screaming have ended, thanks to a final...

New outpatient surgery center planned for Picardy Avenue

Plans are in the works for a new outpatient ambulatory surgery center on Picardy Avenue, near its intersection with Bascom Way.

FranU developing new building, cornerstone of separate campus

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University has announced it’s moving forward with the first...

Legislature approves bill to cover bariatric surgeries for state employees

Officials with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s new Bariatric and Metabolic Institute, Our Lady...

Assisted living company buys 25 acres in Central for $1.175M

Plantation Management Company, which owns and operates skilled nursing and assisted living facilities around...

Design startups are making over the doctor’s office

Most doctor’s offices have been designed with staff efficiency in mind, but post-pandemic, patient-centric...

As pandemic guidelines loosen, summer camps attempt a return to normal

As COVID rules slowly slacken, many local summer camps are doing their best to get campers back.