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Apr 14, 2025

State Senate wants to ban cooperation with federal health care investigations

The bill aims to protect health care professionals and lawyers who represent people who seek reproductive or gender-identity care, by restricting state agencies from cooperating with, or providing information for, federal or out-of-state investigations.

Healey administration defends mental health chief after union's no-confidence vote
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Apr 8, 2025
How losing the Patient Safety Network could impact public health
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Apr 2, 2025
UMass biomedical scientist freezes pediatric brain cancer research due to federal funding problems
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Person infected with measles rode Amtrak train to D.C.

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Can citrus prevent depression? What a Harvard study finds about oranges, grapefruit and your brain

Eating citrus, like oranges and grapefruits, may lower the risk of developing depression by supporting better gut health. Dr. Raaj Mehta from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital answered...

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Learning about 'nutritional literacy' with Boston Public Library's chef-in-residence

The Boston Public Library recently wrapped up the inaugural year of its chef-in-residence program and is searching for its second chef.

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MassDOT eyes a new frontier for drones: medical deliveries

MassDOT says drones could be a faster, cheaper alternative to ground deliveries. State officials have had preliminary talks with health care organizations about using them, following a series of successful...

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Mar 19, 2025

Boston Children's Hospital feeling pinch of federal funding cuts

The president of Boston Children's Hospital said cuts affecting the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Food and Drug Administration have begun to halt the...

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Mar 18, 2025

How rolling back EPA regulations could impact New England air and water

“It's almost inevitable that New England communities will be facing dirtier air and dirtier water,” said Brad Campbell, president of the Conservation Law Foundation.

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Mar 14, 2025

Five years after COVID, what school workers recall best — and what problems linger

In 2020, the pandemic closed classrooms and banished hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren to learn over screens at home. Here's what some local school workers say they saw then —...

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04:10Mar 14, 2025

UMass medical school rescinds PhD program offers amid uncertainty over federal funds

The notice, signed by dean of the college, Mary Ellen Lane, called the decision "unfortunate" and said institutions across the country are "rescinding offers of admission as one means of...

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Mar 13, 2025

UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs

Leaders at UMass Chan Medical School are freezing hiring and spending, citing ongoing uncertainty surrounding federal funding. Several universities, including Harvard and MIT have taken similar steps.

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Mar 12, 2025

Doctors sue Trump to reinstate research that mentions transgender or LGBTQ+ people

Two Massachusetts doctors are suing the Trump administration for removing their research from a patient safety website. Federal directors said use of the words "transgender" and "LGBTQ" violated executive orders....

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Mar 12, 2025

Layoffs continue at Mass General Brigham

MGB says its "strategic organizational redesign," which primarily involves cutting management and administrative positions, comes as the system grapples with a projected $250 million budget gap over the next two...

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Mar 11, 2025

State Senate wants to ban cooperation with federal health care investigations

Healey administration defends mental health chief after union's no-confidence vote

How losing the Patient Safety Network could impact public health

UMass biomedical scientist freezes pediatric brain cancer research due to federal funding problems

Person infected with measles rode Amtrak train to D.C.

Can citrus prevent depression? What a Harvard study finds about oranges, grapefruit and your brain

Learning about 'nutritional literacy' with Boston Public Library's chef-in-residence

MassDOT eyes a new frontier for drones: medical deliveries

Boston Children's Hospital feeling pinch of federal funding cuts

How rolling back EPA regulations could impact New England air and water

Five years after COVID, what school workers recall best — and what problems linger

UMass medical school rescinds PhD program offers amid uncertainty over federal funds

UMass medical school implements hiring and spending freeze, considers layoffs

Doctors sue Trump to reinstate research that mentions transgender or LGBTQ+ people

Layoffs continue at Mass General Brigham