Social isolation is a major health risk for older adults. Groups across Mass. are stepping up.
Rates of depression among older adults has increased since COVID, leading to an array of other physical health risks.
A Walk Down the Block: Brockton, Cape Verde's '11th island'
Around 70,000 Cape Verdeans live in Massachusetts, with many of them now calling Brockton home.
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Beacon Hill lawmakers plan to approve interim budget as spending talks continue
Legislative leaders acknowledge it may be another year of failing to pass a final state budget by the July 1st deadline. -
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
The 6-3 ruling was issued Thursday. -
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With sales down, lower Massachusetts Lotto prizes boost May profit
For the fourth consecutive month, sales were down at the Massachusetts Lottery in May. -
Pappas Hospital staff say the state has ignored patients’ needs
They say there’s been an uptick in discharges but no new admissions, even as need remains.
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