Dignity Health

Editor's note: This article was originally printed in the Jan. 23, 2025, edition of the Merced County Times newspaper. Some people are hoping it will be a dry January and they are not referring to Merced's long spate without any rain. They are talking about a budding national movement for people to reduce drinking alcohol and ultimately leave it…

Local Girl Scouts under troop leader Hope Meza — all with varying levels of interest in the medical field — were offered a fun and informative…

Dale Johns was serving as the CEO for the largest community hospital in Northeastern Pennsylvania when he first heard about the city of Merced, about a year…

Eight hospitals in the Central Valley are among the 2,600 nationwide that participate in the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines initiative to improve outcomes for Americans who experience heart disease or stroke. Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 causes of death in the United States, respectively. These health…