Before Rodney Briones’ physicians at Kaiser Permanente Riverside Medical Center in California treated him with Remdesivir, they allegedly did not disclose the risks to him or to his wife, Christina, and did not obtain informed consent, according to a complaint filed by the Briones family. The couple had gone to the managed care consortium for…

PASADENA, Calif.—Kaiser Permanente in Southern California has implemented a new depression screening initiative for breast cancer patients after research showed such intervention was highly effective at identifying patients in need of mental health care, scientists said Jan. 4. “Early identification and treatment for mental health issues is critical, yet depression and other mental health issues are often underidentified and undertreated…

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Thousands of people at 22 locations throughout northern California participated in 24-hour sympathy strikes on Nov. 18 and 19 to support Kaiser Permanente hospital engineers. For over two months, Kaiser Permanente’s engineers have gone on strike to demand better working conditions and fair working contracts. The Epoch Times spoke with some labor union…

LOS ANGELES—A tentative deal was reached Nov. 13 between Kaiser Permanente and union leaders that will prevent a strike by thousands of nurses and other health care workers who were planning to hit the picket line Nov. 15 at Kaiser facilities across Southern California and beyond. Kaiser and the Alliance of Health Care Unions agreed…

Kaiser Permanente workers voted to authorize a strike in Oregon and California on Monday, potentially enabling thousands of staffers to not show up to their jobs. Oregon Federation of Nurses and Healthcare Professionals and the United Nurses Associations of California-Union of Health Care Professionals, which are both unions, announced that their respective members would go…

Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States, placed about 2,200 unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave nationwide due to the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy, according to a statement from the company. The 2,200 employees who were suspended represent more than 1 percent of the firm’s workforce as the company employs around 216,000…

Kaiser Permanente, one of the largest health care systems in the United States, has placed about 2,200 unvaccinated employees on unpaid leave nationwide because of the company’s COVID-19 vaccination policy. The employees who were suspended represent more than 1 percent of the firm’s workforce as the company employs around 216,000 people nationwide. They have until Dec….

PASADENA, Calif.—A Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 200,000 Southern California children found that children gained excess weight during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those between the ages of 5 and 11, according to results released Sept. 27. “When we compared the weight gain among children from 2019 to 2020, we found that there was more weight…

Healthcare workers—unhappy with the lack of compensation for their sacrifices during the ongoing pandemic—gathered in Anaheim March 24 to protest Kaiser Permanente’s lower-than-expected annual performance payouts. The rally was among 29 held at Kaiser Permanente facilities statewide. Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West  said the bonus pay they received was 15 percent…