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Community nonprofits are already casualties of Steward Health financial crisis
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center has quietly backed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in support for Allston and Brighton community groups -
On Roxbury Walgreens’ last day, local community leaders consider legal action
The closure follows other shutdowns in Mattapan, Hyde Park and a separate Roxbury location. The trend is raising concerns that Boston's communities of color are losing important access to health care. -
Wake Up Well: Why we talk about mental health
There's been more of a push to talk about our mental health, and this year we are joining that conversation with a new series called Wake Up Well. -
Boston families will have access to grants from opioid settlement funds
The city of Boston announced the "Family Overdose Support Fund" for families who lost loved ones in the opioid epidemic. It's the first use of the city's payments from Massachusetts' $230 million settlement with opioid manufacturers. -
'Try This' podcast offers lessons in sleep and more
The Washington Post's audio toolkit for falling and staying asleep. -
Gardner hospital reopens mental health unit after years-long struggle to hire clinicians
Like many facilities across the state, Heywood Hospital struggled to hire and retain doctors during a mental health crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. This month, it will open six new beds. -
One in five Massachusetts households with children struggle with hunger. Here's how it affects young people.
As of September, an estimated 21.9% of Massachusetts households with children do not have access to sufficient or quality food, according to a U.S. Census survey. -
Overdose deaths in Mass. on track to top 2000 for the 8th year in a row
The state Department of Public Health is renewing a call from several years ago to establish sites where people could use drugs under supervision in an effort to bring down overdose deaths. -
Prominent Boston fertility doctor impregnated patient with his own sperm, lawsuit claims
Dr. Merle Berger, who founded Boston IVF, allegedly told a patient he would use an anonymous donor in 1980 but then used his own sperm without telling her. -
'Transformative' gene therapies could reduce sickle cell disease complications. Here's how Massachusetts played a part.
Boston's Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Somerville's Bluebird Bio helped create the FDA-approved treatments.
