[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling,...
[ad_1] BOSTON — While the scourge of opioid addiction continues to affect Massachusetts, the number of people getting legal prescriptions for heavily addictive medicines is falling,...
[ad_1] BOSTON — Supporters of psychedelic mushrooms are urging voters to approve a referendum legalizing the hallucinogenic drug for “therapeutic” use, but critics argue the move...
[ad_1] DANVERS — Care Dimensions, the hospice and palliative care provider, stepped off for its 37th annual Walk for Hospice on Sunday morning on the campus...
[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 deaths in...
[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 renewed efforts...
[ad_1] Two weeks ago, bluebird bio secured Food and Drug Administration approval for its gene therapy for sickle cell disease, a significant milestone for the roughly...
[ad_1] SmileDirectClub Inc. said late Friday it was winding down operations, effective immediately, seeming to cast its millions of customers adrift — except when it comes...
[ad_1] Most patients are unlikely to develop severe disease or die if they get the current variants of COVID-19 as immunity levels have climbed given higher...
[ad_1] Pfizer Inc. PFE, -1.73% said Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first five-in-one vaccine designed to protect teenagers and young...
[ad_1] Ardelyx Inc. ARDX, -0.58% on Tuesday won its long fight for U.S. regulatory approval of a treatment designed to help patients with chronic kidney disease....
[ad_1] STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19....
[ad_1] Tinnakorn / Adobe Stock In recent years, CBD (cannabidiol, for those of you wondering what does CBD stand for) has emerged as a popular natural...
[ad_1] It may be time to get your COVID-19 vaccine again. There’s a new booster that’s coming out to guard against the virus. The Centers for...
[ad_1] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday recommended updated COVID-19 vaccines for people 6 months of age and older. Director Mandy Cohen late...
[ad_1] A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that access to the abortion pill mifepristone should be restricted, although the pill will remain widely available for now...
[ad_1] CBD’s hot streak shows no signs of cooling down any time soon, as shown by the eagerness with which consumers snap up products containing this...
[ad_1] The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday granted full approval to the Biogen BIIB and Eisai Co. Ltd. ESALF Alzheimer’s treatment Leqembi, a step...
[ad_1] A nascent category of mental health treatments is getting a major cash infusion. Blake Mycoskie, founder of the canvas-footwear phenomenon TOMS Shoes, has committed to...
[ad_1] The World Health Organization on Friday declared an end to the COVID-19 global health emergency. Speaking at a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in...