Massachusetts Moves To Negotiate Medicaid Drug Prices
Massachusetts legislators have passed steps designed to reduce spending on the most costly drugs covered by MassHealth, the state Medicaid program. A spokesman said Gov. Charlie Baker is reviewing the...
View ArticleThe Bandage Of The Future May Look Like Jell-O
Researchers at Harvard are working on a bandage that can cover a wound, help stop bleeding, and pull the skin back together for faster healing.
View ArticleMass. Eye And Ear To Take Part In First U.S. CRISPR Study Inside The Body
Researchers in Boston and 17 other locations will study changes to genes associated with sight.
View ArticleMass. AG Healey Is Investigating Andover-Based Pharmacy's Opioid Prescriptions
Attorney General Maura Healey has a civil investigation open against Injured Workers Pharmacy for potentially improperly prescribing opioids.
View ArticleFamilies Fought For A New Drug's Approval. Now They Fear Insurers Will Drop It
A report from the nonprofit Institute for Clinical and Economic Review, or ICER, a drug price watchdog organization, says at $1 million dollars per year, a drug that treats a devastating form of...
View ArticleHouse Set To Vote On Children's Health Bill
The bill addresses several areas of concern, including behavioral health, the pediatric health workforce and insurance coverage for young people aging out of foster care.
View ArticleLGBT Cancer Survivors Face Disparities In Post-Cancer Care, BU Study Says
LGBT cancer survivors receive less access to follow-up care than heterosexual survivors, a study finds.
View ArticleMIT Scientists Synthesize The Feel-Good Molecules In Kava, 'Nature's Xanax'
As kava bars crop up around the United States, offering a pleasant social buzz familiar to South Pacific islanders for thousands of years, scientists raise the prospect of a kava-like pill.
View ArticleWhat To Know About A Major Hearing In AG Healey's Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma
A judge is weighing a motion to dismiss Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's lawsuit against Purdue Pharma, the maker of the powerful prescription opioid drug Oxycontin.
View ArticleMass. Sheriff Touts Success Of Involuntary Treatment Program Amid Scrutiny Of...
While lawmakers review the state's forced addiction treatment efforts under Section 35, several state and federal officials are praising the Hampden County Sheriff's program.
View Article3 Boston Hospitals Dedicate $3 Million To Low-Income Housing Initiative
Boston Medical Center, Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital are devoting the first $1.5 million to families struggling with unstable housing.
View ArticleMost Mass. Counties Have Among The Highest Rates Of Dispensing...
And doctors, street workers and police say the drug, naloxone, is the reason why Massachusetts' opioid overdose death rate is dropping.
View ArticleToxic Mercury In Seafood May Climb As Ocean Warms, Study Finds
New research suggests that warming seawater and changing ocean conditions might be causing toxic mercury concentrations to rise in many fish, including Atlantic bluefin tuna, cod and spiny dogfish.
View ArticleWhere Racial Gaps In American Health Care Melt Away: Military Insurance
Quality of care measures of a common coronary artery procedure are just as good for blacks as whites in the military health care system, a new study finds.
View ArticleDespite Progress On Diabetes Treatments, Study Finds American Patient Health...
On four key measures of health -- blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and smoking -- MGH researchers find no improvement and continuing gaps, particularly for younger, nonwhite and female patients.
View ArticleMoving Away From 'White People Only' DNA Tests: African Project Seeks...
Recent efforts to study the genetics of a number of illnesses have what many of us are calling a “diversity problem.” Most of the work in human genetics so far has focused on people of Northern...
View ArticleSomerville Mayor Plans To Open A Supervised Consumption Site Next Year
Despite opposition from federal prosecutors, Joseph Curtatone is pledging to open a clinic where doctors and nurses would monitor illegal drug use and could reverse an overdose.
View ArticleInsurers Harvard Pilgrim And Tufts Health Plan Say They'll Merge
The state's second- and third-largest health insurance companies plan to merge.
View ArticleBoston Researchers Try Drug-Controlled Gene Therapy On Deadly Brain Tumor
The study on glioblastoma is the first example of such on-and-off gene therapy in humans, researchers say.
View ArticleWhat Does The Harvard Pilgrim-Tufts Merger Mean For Consumers?
Harvard Business School professor Leemore Dafny has studied this question and joins us this morning with some insights.
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