Parents push for newborn screening bill they hope will ‘change the course of children’s lives’
About one in 200 babies is born with a virus called CMV, which can cause hearing loss and other serious health effects.
All new app!
The news you trust, now with more video and audio.
2026 World Cup in Massachusetts
Subscribe to our YouTube channel and stream all your favorite shows live or watch on demand.
Subscribe
-
Scottish soccer fans aim to skirt World Cup train costs by hiring fleet of school buses
Scotland fans, known as the Tartan Army, are planning to cram into yellow buses in order to cut costs for the tournament. -
‘This decision will disenfranchise millions:’ Mass. leaders react to latest Supreme Court ruling
Massachusetts voting rights advocates say the court's decision to weaken key protections under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 could lead to fewer majority-minority districts nationwide. -
What’s next for the Red Sox after the firing of Alex Cora?
Longtime Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy weighs in on the turmoil in the Red Sox management following the dismissal of manager Alex Cora. -
GBH to merge operations with New England Public Media
Both media organizations say it’s the culmination of a partnership that began in 2019. -
Proposed arts and culture budget cuts draw anger from Boston’s creative sector
Mayor Michelle Wu proposed cutting $1.2 million from the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, a 27% decrease for the cabinet when compared to last year.
GBH News podcasts
-
Catching The Codfather
Boston has begun to wrestle with the notion of paying reparations to Black people to make up for 400 years of enslavement and economic exclusion. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
The Big Dig Podcast
This Peabody Award–winning podcast dives into the cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure. No project embodies that cynicism quite like ‘The Big Dig.’
Last minute Father's Day gift?
Give the gift of public media! A GBH Gift Membership supports your favorite station and unlocks the best of GBH, NPR, and PBS.
Gift GBH