Merced Health News

Doctors and advocates suing the state used Florida officials' own words against them during opening arguments of a trial Monday by playing video clips of top health officials lamenting health care delays for Medicaid patients. "The biggest problem our agency...

In March, the nonprofit health system was given almost $1.2 million in federal funds to hire 42 health care workers and expand services at its safety-net clinics in Merced and Stanislaus counties. A second grant awarded in June, disclosed recently...

Nearly 800 people in California were hospitalized with the flu last week, the largest one-week total of hospitalizations since flu cases began escalating this fall, state officials said Friday. But in Merced, the highest week of hospitalizations continues to be...

The Atwater resident honors his wife every year by buying an ornament to hang on a Christmas tree that dominates the waiting area of Mercy Cancer Center in Merced. "We were soulmates," Pillsbury said. "Buying an ornament for her really...

Chiropractors, sometimes criticized as unscientific by medical doctors, could join health teams designed to help primary care physicians coordinate the treatment of patients. Though the precise financial impact is unclear, the language would help steer more patients to a profession...

A 2,074-page health care bill unveiled in the Senate this week omits funding for proposed medical schools at UC Merced and other institutions. So now the Capitol Hill maneuvering on behalf of the proposed medical school get more complicated...Lobbyists must...

Seniors would pay $49 billion in higher premiums over the next decade as a result of legislation headed for a House vote that raises fees for doctors treating Medicare patients, according to an estimate by congressional budget officials. The increase...

Don Vonarx, general manager for Riggs, said in California it's not typically within the scope of paramedics to give vaccinations. "The state medical director has allowed for this to happen," Vonarx said. The Merced County Emergency Medical Service authority also...

The veterans of Merced, along with hundreds of others, met at the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year to honor veterans on their day...Wednesday, Michael Samberg was one of the veterans who gathered...