Australia’s Aged Care Minister Anika Wells has defended the new star rating system for nursing homes against criticism it should be pulled down, accusing the coalition of trying to undermine transparency and drag the sector back into darkness. The opposition says the information being used for the rating tool is out-of-date and has caused distress…

The tri-county labor market region of Orange, Rockland, and Westchester in New York saw a record-high job growth at 4.1 percent in November, according to state labor department analyst Johny Nelson. Compared to last November, the region added 24,200 jobs. The two sectors that had the most growth are health services and hospitality, Nelson said….

British Columbia’s emergency health service says it is reviewing thecircumstances of the reported death of an infant last week whilewaiting for an ambulance in a small community in the southernInterior, calling it a “heartbreaking loss.” A statement from BC Emergency Health Services says in response to questions about the death in Barriere that it received…

The Newfoundland and Labrador government says data from another of the province’s health authorities has been accessed by the hackers behind a debilitating cyberattack that has reduced health services in the province for nearly two weeks. Health Minister John Haggie told reporters today that personal information of patients in the central health authority has been breached, and…