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Nurses are frustrated by months-long delays to get licensed in some states
At first, Reeny Pereira didn't mind the wait.The Pennsylvania State Board of Nursing told Pereira it would take about 12 weeks for her to get licensed to… -
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.
