Dr. Peter Masiakos of Mass General Hospital describes what it is like to have to tell parents that their child has died.

Dr. Julie Silver is spearheading the Be Ethical campaign, which addresses gender inequality in the medical profession.

Tuesday was the first day on the job for Alan Price.

Watertown-based Athenahealth announced a sale to two New York-based financial firms.

Competition is stiff to get into Boston's elite exam schools, like Boston Latin, Boston Latin Academy, and the John D. O'Bryant. Middle school students must first do well on the Independent School Entrance Exam, or ISEE.

The House of Representatives, members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation are now poised to come into some pretty powerful roles in the House.

Helen Drinan, president of Simmons University and long a leader in Catholic circles, is calling for an investigation of Boston's archdiocese and Cardinal Sean O'Malley.

Two new studies out this week in The New England Journal of Medicine conclude that patients who have non-invasive surgery for cervical cancer are more likely to die than those who opt for conventional open surgery.

The infamous South Boston criminal was killed in a West Virginia prison where he'd recently been transferred.