This essay is not to rub salt in the very fresh wound, nor hopefully, should it come across as a lecture but instead as an inspection of the things that led up to the loss. I would further add that I am not a Republican or a conservative, nor am I a Democrat, (though honestly, I cannot recall what I put down when I registered to vote more than a decade ago).

The federal government is asking a judge to rule that it has the power to impose staffing requirements on nursing homes that collect billions of federal tax dollars through Medicaid and Medicare.

LINCOLN — A new partnership between the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services’ Lincoln Regional Center and the College of Saint Mary in Omaha seeks to train future mental health nursing professionals.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Those ever-present TV drug ads showing patients hiking, biking or enjoying a day at the beach could soon have a different look: New rules require drugmakers to be clearer and more direct when explaining their medications' risks and side effects.