Chris Mehmel, who runs with a prosthesis, recalls how chance encounter on Heartbreak Hill led to a generous gift.

DEVENS, Mass. — Drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has announced a $250 million expansion of its manufacturing complex in Devens.

BOSTON — A Brigham and Women’s program treats gunshots and knife wounds as symptoms of a larger illness that can be managed — and maybe even cured — with the right approach.

BOSTON — Opponents will be in court Thursday arguing for a permanent injunction against research that which deals with some of the deadliest pathogens.

BOSTON — The decision comes a day after Town Meeting refused to authorize spending $14 million to tear down the turbines.

TOPEKA, Kan. — A phrase declaring that life begins “at fertilization” tucked into new abortion legislation in Kansas is creating concern among abortion rights advocates that the wording will inspire new attempts to prevent the procedure.

BOSTON — Dr. Lauren Smith is stepping down in early May.

New York district court judge Edward Korman has ruled that Plan B One-step, commonly called the morning-after pill, be made available over the pharmacy counter to anyone who wants it.

WASHINGTON — The proposal aims for a compromise on the Fiscal 2014 budget by combining the president’s demand for higher taxes with GOP insistence on reductions in entitlement programs.

Thinking about having a baby? Financial experts say you should also be thinking about health care, life insurance and college.

BOSTON — The Massachusetts teen birth rate has plummeted by more than 50 percent since 1989, reaching the lowest level on record in 2010.

BOSTON — A small number of patients were potentially exposed to the hepatitis B virus and five patients are potentially at risk.

Rhode Island health officials say some of the frozen snack foods linked to an outbreak of E. coli may have been shipped to stores in the state as well as neighboring Massachusetts and Connecticut.

BOSTON — Some advocates for the medical marijuana industry in Massachusetts are concerned out-of-state companies will have an edge in opening marijuana dispensaries here.