FITCHBURG, Mass. — The city has been working to increase opportunities for residents to eat healthy and be physically active. The key? Making the healthy choice the easy one.

Even as the state’s new medical marijuana law kicks in, there are no rules or procedures in place to govern marijuana use — and that may cause some confusion.

CONCORD, N.H. — A Boston lawyer says he is working on a settlement with the staffing agency that sent David Kwiatkowski to New Hampshire.

WASHINGTON — Confused about the federal budget struggle? So are doctors, hospital administrators and other medical professionals who serve the 100 million Americans covered by Medicare and Medicaid.

BOSTON — WBUR’s Martha Bebinger discusses health care cost control, which was signed into law this year.

BOSTON — In less than two weeks, medical marijuana will be legal in Massachusetts. But the details of the new law are still being hammered out.

BOSTON — Massachusetts public mental health system has been under close examination for almost two years since a mental health worker was murdered, allegedly by a client.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The FDA is attaching a black box warning to Vertex’s hepatitis C treatment Incivek over a potentially fatal rash.

BOSTON — James Gilligan, who used to direct mental health services for the Massachusetts prison system, says most people who murder or harm others feel a tremendous sense of humiliation and shame and lack empathy or concern for others.

For workers on the front lines, even those who feel independent vendors are doing the best they can, there is still cause for concern over safety.

BOSTON — Mothers share their stories with the hope that more attention to mental health will assure that all children can get the help they deserve.

An ongoing state investigation into one woman’s death comes as the Department of Mental Health strives to shore up its community mental health system.

BOSTON — Following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, many parents of troubled children across the country have felt a chill of fear.

BOSTON — Boston-area administrators and counselors spent the weekend preparing to help parents and children who are confused by what they’ve seen and heard.