COVID upended everyday life. What’s stuck around 5 years after lockdown?
Hybrid work, e-commerce, distrust in institutions are more are continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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How getting outside can improve your physical and mental health
And research shows spending time in green spaces is good for you — physically, mentally and emotionally. -
Could gut problems increase your risk of Parkinson's disease? New research points to yes
A study found that those with upper gastrointestinal damage are 76% more likely to develop Parkinson's disease, signaling a potential paradigm shift in how the disease is studied. -
The deadly EEE virus has Massachusetts on high alert
Public Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein tells us what we can do to stay safe. -
CDC programs aim to make vaccines accessible to kids as back-to-school germs loom
It's back-to-school season around Massachusetts, and parents know that that means lots of germ swapping. -
Locals side with Healey's plan to seize land under St. Elizabeth's despite landlord pushback
Employees of St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center and a local politician want Gov. Healey’s plan — to seize the land and transfer operation of the hospital to Boston Medical Center — to be allowed to proceed. -
How to get birth control in Massachusetts
The pill? IUD? A vasectomy? Plan B? What you can get and how much it costs. -
Massachusetts ranks 2nd in nation for life expectancy. But massive gaps remain, experts say.
Health outcomes for Black Bostonians remain worse than Asian and white residents, and differences across just a few miles can cut into life expectancy by a decade. -
What a new mpox outbreak means for Massachusetts
Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett said the international medical community should be paying attention to the mpox outbreak in the Congo. -
Maternal health bill passed on Beacon Hill could change the game ‘for generations’
Its measures pave the way for more midwives, birth centers, doula services, lactation consultants, and equal pay for certified nurse midwives. Now, it’s on to the governor. -
Massachusetts will have a path to more midwives and birth centers — if lawmakers can agree
Mental health supports? Lactation consultants? Advocates are closely watching what provisions could make the cut in Beacon Hill’s omnibus maternal health bill.
