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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. -
How patient confidentiality works when politicians' doctors are asked to testify
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell seemed to get a clean bill of health from the Capitol physician last week. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe ask Dr. Jacob Appel about whether such reports are trustworthy. -
Massachusetts’ new hope in fighting the maternal health crisis? Doulas.
MassHealth will start paying for doula services in late 2023 in a push to reverse widening racial gaps with maternal mortality.