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‘The reality is we don't have doctors and nurses': Michael Curry on the Mass. nursing shortage
Staff and hospital beds are short across the state. -
Thanks to the 'tripledemic,' it can be hard to find kids' fever-reducing medicines
If you stroll the cold and flu medicine aisle these days, you might notice shelves that are bare, or nearly so. Some medicines that can be particularly… -
Mass. insurer is trying out a blood test that detects more than 50 cancers
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He woke up from eye surgery with a gash on his forehead. What happened?
When Jerry Bilinski, a 67-year-old retired social worker, scheduled cataract surgery with Carolina Eye Associates near his home in Fayetteville, N.C., he… -
In post-Roe America, pilots take the abortion battle to the skies
Elevated Access, a fledgling Illinois nonprofit, has recruited nearly 1,000 volunteer small-craft pilots to ferry people seeking abortion care. -
Hidden audits reveal millions in overcharges by Medicare Advantage plans
Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans, with some plans overbilling… -
How banks and hospitals are cashing in when patients can't pay for health care
Patients at North Carolina-based Atrium Health get what looks like an enticing pitch when they go to the nonprofit hospital system's website: a payment… -
It cost $38,398 for a single shot of a very old cancer drug
Lupron, a drug patented half a century ago, treats advanced prostate cancer. It costs a few hundred dollars in the U.K. — so why are U.S. hospitals charging so much more to administer it? -
Why you should ‘think before you pink’ this October
Callie Crossley's annual plea: Don’t be blinded by the rose-colored light. -
Midwife-led birth center in Beverly has delivered its last baby
North Shore Birth Center was the only stand-alone midwife-led birth center currently delivering babies in Eastern Mass.
