New poll shows high satisfaction with health insurance in Mass., even as residents delay or skip care for cost reasons
“It can be true that we’re doing well, and it can also be true that we need to do better,” says MHA president Steve Walsh.
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How to get birth control in Massachusetts
The pill? IUD? A vasectomy? Plan B? What you can get and how much it costs. -
Massachusetts ranks 2nd in nation for life expectancy. But massive gaps remain, experts say.
Health outcomes for Black Bostonians remain worse than Asian and white residents, and differences across just a few miles can cut into life expectancy by a decade. -
What a new mpox outbreak means for Massachusetts
Boston Medical Center's Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett said the international medical community should be paying attention to the mpox outbreak in the Congo. -
Maternal health bill passed on Beacon Hill could change the game ‘for generations’
Its measures pave the way for more midwives, birth centers, doula services, lactation consultants, and equal pay for certified nurse midwives. Now, it’s on to the governor. -
Massachusetts will have a path to more midwives and birth centers — if lawmakers can agree
Mental health supports? Lactation consultants? Advocates are closely watching what provisions could make the cut in Beacon Hill’s omnibus maternal health bill. -
COVID spiked in Boston this summer. A bigger spike is probably on the way.
Virus levels in Boston’s wastewater more than doubled May to July. -
Breast cancer patient hosts new 'Chemo Coffee Talk' podcast from infusion chair
Carly Fauth created the "Chemo Coffee Talk" Spotify podcast while undergoing treatment infusions at Dana-Farber Brigham Cancer Center at Milford Regional Medical Center. -
Haverhill man becomes 1st patient with cancer to receive a total voice box transplant
Marty Kedian has a rare form of laryngeal cancer and lost the ability to speak, swallow and breathe on his own. -
Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center to be closed by bankrupt Steward Health Care
The two hospitals are among eight in Massachusetts that bankrupt Steward Health Care had attempted to sell this month, but Steward says they did not receive any qualified bids. -
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