Health News reports what changed and when: state regulation, licensure and scope-of-practice decisions, hospital policy revisions, public health advisories and new clinical guidance. Each item names the agency and document behind it, distinguishing proposals still under consultation from rules already in force.
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On 1 January 2026 the class of 1930 — Faulkner, Hammett, Christie, the first Nancy Drews — aged out of copyright. The mechanism behind that date, and what it does and does not release.
Written by Renata Silva
A 1982 city law quietly shapes the sculptures, mosaics and murals in New York's firehouses, courthouses and schools. Here is how the selection actually works.
Written by Renata Silva
Percent for Art sets aside a share of city construction budgets for artwork, and the transit authority runs its own parallel commissioning system — here is how each one picks an artist.
Written by Renata Silva
Today , the Federal Trade Commission , Justice Department , and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) launched an easily accessible online portal for the public to report health care practices that may harm competition.The online portal , HealthyCompetition.gov , allows the public to report
Written by Renata Silva
State law has required hospitals to build staffing plans with frontline nurses since 2023. A 2024 survey found ratios go unmet in intensive care more often than not.
Written by Renata Silva
New York requires 100 hours of state-approved training and a two-part competency exam before nursing home work begins, state health department guidance shows — here is how the training, testing deadlines and pay break down.
Written by Renata Silva
Roughly 7,000 nurses struck two Bronx hospitals for three days in January 2023, winning 19-percent raises and staffing language that shaped every New York settlement since.
Written by Renata Silva
Becoming an RN in New York takes two to four years of schooling plus the NCLEX-RN and state licensure through the Education Department's Office of the Professions.
Written by Renata Silva
Supreme Court expands certified legal intern program The change , “ is intended to assist in the ‘ avowed quest for experienced persons , while affording protections to the public ’ ” With an eye toward enhancing the provision of legal services to low-income Floridians , the Supreme Court on
Written by Renata Silva
The chlorine conversion is an annual event that is scheduled each year in partnership with the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Dade Department of Regulatory and Economic Resources ( RER ) , when WASD temporarily changes the method used to chlorinate the drinking water supply at
Written by Renata Silva