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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. -
Mass. Planned Parenthood union reaches first tentative agreement
Workers’ wages would go up and parental leave would be expanded for union members if the contract is ratified. -
Small increase in out-of-state travelers for Mass. abortions in 2022, new data shows
Despite national upheaval with Roe v. Wade’s reversal, Massachusetts largely stayed the course in 2022. -
'Hi, Doc!' DM'ing the doctor could cost you (or your insurance plan)
If you wanted to talk with your doctor before the pandemic, you generally had to schedule an in-person appointment. But the sudden, rapid expansion of… -
Program to recruit more nurses of color in Boston gets $20M boost
UMass Boston and Mass General Brigham leaders say hundreds of nurses from underrepresented communities can help reduce health inequities. -
A mom owed nearly $102,000 for her son's stay in a state mental health hospital
Bridget Narsh's son, Mason, needed urgent help in January 2020, so she was offered the chance to send him to Central Regional Hospital, a state-run mental…
