High Number Of Cape Cod Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus
Public health officials say an unusually high number of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile virus on Cape Cod.
View ArticleGender Identity: Should We Raise Our Children Gender Neutral?
Two area doctors consider the pros and cons of parents raising their children without gender.
View ArticleA New Genetic Test For Heart Attacks Could Help People Avoid Unpleasant...
Looking at data from 6.6 million spots in the genome, Boston area researchers have found ways to identify genetic risk for heart attack and other health issues.
View ArticleWhat's Next Now That Monsanto Was Found Liable In First Trial Over Weed...
Friday's verdict in a California case involving a school groundskeeper who blames Roundup for his lymphoma is just the first in what could be a long legal battle over the weed killer.
View ArticleOpioid Law Is A 'Blueprint' For The Nation, Gov. Baker Says At Ceremonial...
The opioid bill has been touted by the governor's re-election campaign as another step taken in curtailing the opioid epidemic.
View ArticleAlzheimer's Advocates Hail Law Aimed At Raising Awareness
Alzheimer's advocates in Massachusetts are hailing a new law that aims to raise awareness about the disease while also increasing efforts to train caregivers about recognizing and treating dementia...
View ArticleInterfaith Leaders Are Against The Hospital Merger That Would Create A Second...
Leaders of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization make their case against the Beth Israel/Lahey merger.
View ArticleWhy Mass. Biotech Council Leader Supports Merger That Would Create Second...
The President and CEO of the Massachusetts Biotechnology council makes his case in support of the Beth Israel/Lahey merger.
View ArticleBoston Children's Hospital Constructs Penis For Transgender Man — A First In...
Children's is the first hospital in the state to offer what's called phalloplasty. The first patient to have the surgery, Zack Hogle, says he is now "complete."
View ArticleThe Doctors Without MDs: What Makes Osteopathic Medicine Different?
Around one in 10 doctors in the U.S. today is an osteopathic physician, or DO for short. But millions of Americans still don't know DOs exist.
View ArticleCambridge Nursing Home To Shut Doors By Year's End
Sancta Maria Nursing Facility made the announcement Friday, saying it intended to sell or lease its buildings and stop all operations by the end of the year.
View Article1 Million DNA Shares: Cambridge Nonprofit Akin To Science Airbnb Approaches...
Addgene is a prime example of the "open science" movement that promotes sharing data, results and materials in hopes of speeding up science.
View ArticleBU's Infectious Disease Lab Begins Ebola Research
Eight months after receiving final approval from the city to conduct research at Biosafety Level 4, Boston University’s lab has begun work with its first Level-4 pathogen, the Ebola virus.
View ArticleBeth Israel And Lahey Health Say Their Merger Would Save Up To $270 Million A...
The state's Health Policy Commission says the proposed merger would increase health spending up to $190 million a year. The health organizations say that's wrong.
View ArticleMassachusetts Ramps Up Risk Level For West Nile
The Department of Public Health is raising the risk level for the mosquito-borne disease from low to moderate in every city and town in the state.
View ArticleAt Partners, Nurses Say Hospitals Can Afford Staffing Requirements
Hospitals campaigning against patient limits for nurses are making false claims about their ability to afford patient care limits, according to nurses who traveled to Partners HealthCare Tuesday.
View ArticleHarvard Scientists: 'Smoking-Gun Evidence' Of Key To Hearing In Ear's Hair Cells
Hearing is the last among the senses to be understood at the level of how external-world stimuli are translated into electrical signals that go to the brain, Harvard researchers say -- in part because...
View ArticleMass. Health Alert: Risk Of Recent Measles Exposures At Logan, Lexington Pool...
The patient was at Logan Airport on Aug. 15, then in several public spots in Lexington in the following days, ending up at the Lahey Hospital and Medical Center on Aug. 20 and 21.
View ArticleHow 'Fortnite' Hooks Your Kid, And Why Experts Say You May Not Need To Worry
Three experts — a psychologist, a professor and a pediatrician — discuss the allure, learning merits and health implications of "Fortnite: Battle Royale."
View ArticleTo Anyone Using Illicit Drugs In Mass.: 'There's A Very High Likelihood...
The state public health commissioner is urging anybody using illicit drugs to "understand the risks [and] carry naloxone."
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