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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. -
Elected leaders, communities on edge as Steward is mum on hospital closures
The largest private, physician-led health care network in the country is floundering in Massachusetts, reportedly considering the sale of four facilities. Elected officials say that Steward Health Care has to provide answers, and soon. -
Mary Lou Retton's health insurance explanation sparks some mental gymnastics
The gold-medal gymnast, who is recovering from a lengthy hospital stay, shouldn't have been denied coverage for preexisting conditions under current laws. -
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. -
Masking returns at many Massachusetts hospitals — and not just because of COVID
COVID is on the rise but so are other respiratory viruses, causing hospitals and other health facilities to bring back masks. -
BU researchers hope to unlock the secret to centenarians
The New England Centenarian Study hopes to unlock the "fountain of aging well." -
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. -
With need surging, behavioral urgent care center opens in East Boston
Experts say Massachusetts statistics are a “call to action,” with 90% of Medicare patients in a hospital having a behavioral health disorder, and almost all those readmitted to a hospital within 30 days having one. -
Women of color share their stories of breast cancer treatment and survivorship
Breast Cancer Awareness Month shines a light on the racial disparities BIPOC women face in screening, treatment and recovery. -
‘Unprecedented’ coalition pushes state lawmakers to improve health equity
Attorney General Andrea Campbell says health disparities in Massachusetts amount to a public health crisis.