Thousands of wheelchairs are damaged on flights every year. New federal rules could prevent that.
“You really can’t put a price tag on somebody’s independence and freedom to move,” one Massachusetts advocate said.
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Testing how much metal is in your blood could help get an Alzheimer’s diagnosis
Research from a UMass-Lowell team found that Alzheimer’s patients had certain concentrations of common elements in their blood plasma not present people who did not have dementia.
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Wu’s property tax proposal is dead, Senate president says
The controversial property-tax shift bill that has driven months of debate will not receive a vote in the Senate, the chamber's top Democrat announced Monday night, hours after the bill had been derailed. -
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DOJ finds Worcester police engaged in excessive force, sexual misconduct
The findings follow a two-year investigation into the Worcester Police Department. -
Boston is slowly sinking. That doesn’t help sea level rise due to climate change.
“Because of sea level rise — and subsidence is contributing about 15% to that — we can expect about 50 king tide flooding events per year by the year 2050,” one UMass Lowell professor told GBH News. -
He ran 154 miles in 4 days to raise money for hospitalized kids — and to challenge himself
David Filar, a 33-year-old from Worcester, wants kids spending their holidays in the hospital to have safe and fun toys.
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