The California HealthCare Foundation Center for Health Reporting approached The Sacramento Press in December to work on a project that would shed light on the area’s hospital infection rates in anticipation of a statewide Jan. 3 release, that will make that information public for all California hospitals. This is the first time such data is required to be released to the public in California, thanks to Nile’s Law. The law is named after 15-year-old Nile Moss who died of a hospital-acquired infection in Orange County. His mother, Carole, is responsible for much of the activism behind getting Nile’s Law passed.  The photos above, audio clip and slide show below are of Carole Moss. Sacrame

California nurses represented by the California Nurses Association are holding rallies today in response to a recent court injuntion against a proposed strike. Nurses are upset over staffing ratios in the UC system and are saying they are not providing the quality of care to their patients that should be expected. Carol Robinson, the chief nursing officer for the UC Davis Medical Center, said the nurses' claims are unsafe and "untrue." But nurses disagree, instead stating they are looking for safe staffing, continuity of care and patient safety. Jody Ramos, a UC Davis Med Center nurse of three years, said she has foregone her lunch and breaks in order to provide quality patient care,