Potent sedating medications are often used on agitated people with dementia in long-term care facilities despite federal efforts to discourage their use. A clash over whether to drug a Michigan woman ...

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The death penalty is legal in 27 states, and lethal injection is the primary method. That means involving medical professionals to store, test, and inject the drugs. After a botched execution in Tenne...

RegalCare and other nursing home chains have rapidly expanded in Massachusetts. The Globe Spotlight Team found widespread problems and little state intervention.

Recent outbreaks of foodborne illness and high-profile recalls have made this issue a concern of voters.

My students are supposedly in college to get the most practical education possible. Yet they have good reasons for choosing a major that is caricatured as anything but that.

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The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

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Dave Zirin speaks on his new book The People's Historian: The Outsized Life of Howard Zinn

Four states will vote on abortion-related ballot measures in November, marking the fourth time in five years that millions of Americans will weigh in on their states’ abortion rules. The measures foll...

Healthcare, in particular its rising costs, is a key issue for voters in both parties this fall. But lawmakers are offering a variety of remedies on the campaign trail, suggesting that neither party has an agreed-upon approach. Meanwhile, the Trump adm...

A federal court ordered the Trump administration to reverse its ban on the outlets, but reporters were initially denied entry to the White House grounds on Thursday.

Review annual financial and operational performance data for Massachusetts hospitals and hospital health systems, including revenue, expenses, and utilization.

A federal court ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on the three news outlets around 1 a.m. Thursday, but none were granted entry later that morning.

A live conversation with a bipartisan group of state Medicaid leaders on the impact of the Trump administration’s aggressive anti-fraud push.

Country controversies, secret terms, opaque procurement, and massive unspent Congressional funds have characterised the first year of the America First Global

Explore our online bulk food store's mission to reduce plastics and address food insecurity while promoting sustainable practices in Massachusetts.

Some mental health experts favor suicide prevention steps that are applied broadly, with protections that aren’t tied to an individual’s specific risk.

There is nothing “rogue” about what the AI titans have built. It is all by design.

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The case was brought by a marketing company that wants to define as employees people who download an app and agree to have their internet activity tracked so they can buy into its employee health plan. Such plans are generally exempt from some state and...

ProPublica uncovered the machinery of the Dominican Republic baseball factory, whose lenders and trainers exploit players as young as 11. Here are the key findings from our reporting.

New Medicaid rules use allow use of tiers to determine work exemptions. Advocates fear complex guidelines could cause patients to lose insurance.

Amid a campaign already focusing on affordability, anxious voters are unlikely to be assuaged by headlines about healthcare costs rising even more next year. And a lawsuit that could cut off access na...

Twenty-five years later, fleeting memories and indelible images still haunt those who lived through the attacks and their aftermath.

Cash-strapped states and struggling families are wrestling with the consequences of major reforms to the SNAP program passed as part of President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill.

"Better coordination may not prevent every tragedy, but in high-risk care it is essential," writes Lauren Hajjar. "A collection of services is not the same as a system of care, and a person in crisis should not be responsible for connecting the pieces."

Despite nearly 1.3 million deaths and counting, there is still not a national memorial for the pandemic. Our informal memorial in the middle of the Mojave Desert is one small way to remember those we’...

In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.

Margaret Hvatum ended up in the hospital after her insurer denied coverage of a medicine she relies on to boost her immune system. Hvatum got entangled in the preapproval process, which the insurance ...

They are more likely than other age groups to die after being hit by a vehicle.

President Trump is calling for immunizations for measles, mumps and rubella to be given in individual jabs in three different appointments instead of the standard combination shot.

Media outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid.

Led by researchers at UCSF, the research program plans to validate promising candidates for noninvasive tests that can be used to advance clinical trials.

Groundbreaking reporting on women and gender-diverse people.

Explore CHIA's data and reports on prescription drug spending, pricing trends, and pharmaceutical costs in the Massachusetts health care system.

Opinion | Consumer devices that monitor heart rate, glucose, and sleep cycles need better validation to be clinically useful.