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State Sen. Velis blasts 'unconscionable' VA realignment plan
The senator is threatening to call a public hearing if the Biden administration doesn't back off its plan. -
Can states limit abortion and gender-affirming treatments outside their borders?
Conservative lawmakers across the U.S. have unleashed a wave of state legislation attempting to restrict access to abortions and to gender-affirming… -
Transhealth Northampton provides healthcare by and for the transgender community
The independent healthcare center is right here in Massachusetts. -
Delaware is shrinking racial gaps in cancer death. Its secret? Patient navigators
Sussex County, in the heart of southern Delaware's poultry-farm country, is home to many people like Michelaine Estimable, a 62-year-old native of Haiti… -
St. Vincent Hospital nurses vote to keep their union
If they had ousted the union, nurses at the Worcester hospital would have nullified the new contract they agreed on after a historic 301-day strike. -
Local hospitals make plans for rationing blood in case shortage becomes dire
At MGH, a team of physicians will determine how the limited supply should be used. -
The first public option health plan in the U.S. struggles to gain traction
With prospects dim for the U.S. to adopt a single-payer Medicare-for-All program, health care reform advocates turned instead to an insurance plan… -
Lexington shooting revives calls for mental health clinicians on 911 dispatches
Such programs have been around in Massachusetts for decades, and there are more now than ever. -
Could coronavirus become endemic? Boston doctors weigh in
An endemic virus would be predictable, maybe seasonal, and it would not upset daily life. -
'Racism is embedded in our culture': Boston doctors push for anti-racist practices in healthcare
Many standard medical practices are influenced by race, the doctors said.
