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…

A  Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that more than a third of unvaccinated workers would quit their jobs if their employer required that they either take weekly COVID-19 tests or get vaccinated. If the weekly testing option was rescinded, about 72 percent told Kaiser Permanente said they would quit, according to the poll’s findings, released…

LOS ANGELES—Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. is suing a company and a former Kaiser employee for allegedly defrauding the health plan out of millions of dollars as it raced to meet the challenges of having sufficient personal protective equipment for its medical staff during the pandemic. The allegations in Kaiser’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit…