Boston, Massachusetts Local News
MBTA balks at expanding overdose prevention kiosks
[ad_1] BOSTON — MBTA officials are pouring cold water on a legislative push to make the opioid overdose reversing drug naloxone available at subway…
Tag: health policy
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Rockport school board updated on opioid prevention
[ad_1] The Rockport School Committee, along with the town’s Public Health Department, is aiming to eliminate the effects of possible substance abuse in Rockport…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Mass., NH
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Data: Fewer opioids prescribed in Massachusetts
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Anna Jaques Hospital awards $100K in grants
[ad_1] NEWBURYPORT — Anna Jaques Hospital will award $100,000 in grant money over the next two years to 10 community-based organizations serving the health…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Opioid deaths drop 10%, but remain high
[ad_1] BOSTON — The scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, but new data shows a double-digit decrease in the number of overdose…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Few prepared to cover long-term care costs
[ad_1] Editor’s note: The share of the U.S. population older than 65 keeps rising – and will for decades to come. Since nearly half…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Report: Injured workers at risk for opioid overdoses
[ad_1] Workers who are injured on the job are at higher risk for fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new study, which calls for…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Report: Injured workers at risk for opioid overdoses
[ad_1] Workers who are injured on the job are at higher risk for fatal opioid-related overdoses, according to a new study, which calls for…
Boston, Massachusetts Local News
Safety net hospital fund shortfall widening
[ad_1] BOSTON — Lawmakers are seeking more support for the state’s safety net hospitals amid rising concerns about the fiscal health of a fund…
Health
America Is Having a Senior Moment on Vaccines
[ad_1] For years now, health experts have been warning that COVID-era politics and the spread of anti-vaxxer lies have brought us to the brink…
Politics
Trump Is Coming for Obamacare Again
[ad_1] Donald Trump’s renewed pledge on social media and in campaign rallies to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has put him on…
Health
Life Is Worse for Older People Now
[ad_1] Last December, during a Christmas Eve celebration with my in-laws in California, I observed what I now realize was the future of COVID…