Priyanka Dayal McCluskey

Senior Health Reporter

Priyanka Dayal McCluskey is a senior health reporter for WBUR.

Before joining WBUR in 2022, she was a health care reporter at The Boston Globe. She previously worked as a reporter at the Boston Herald and the Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Priyanka has degrees in journalism and political science from Boston University.

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Somerville City Hall (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)

Somerville homeowners hit with soaring water bills

The city is replacing aging and faulty water meters and sending out bills for underpayments amounting to thousands of dollars in some cases.

'Increasingly urgent': Mass. ratchets up preparation for possible Steward closures

Next week, Gov. Maura Healey's administration will kick off a series of regional meetings with hospitals and community health centers in areas where Steward operates to discuss how to help...

Mass. patient who received pig kidney leaves hospital, continues recovery at home

Richard Slayman, the first living patient ever to receive a genetically modified pig kidney as a transplant, walked out of Massachusetts General Hospital on Wednesday afternoon in good spirits, according...

Health

Apr 3, 2024

Dr. Chloe Campbell meets with a 10-year-old patient for a video visit to discuss her ADHD medication. (Priyanka Dayal McCluskey/WBUR)

Primary care wait times grow in Mass., pushing some patients to ERs

It is a frustrating reality for primary care providers and patients alike. Many people are waiting longer to see their doctors — often weeks or months, if they can find...

Health

04:07Apr 3, 2024

In distress, Steward proposes sale of doctors group to Optum

The deal, which will be reviewed by state regulators, is part of Steward's plan to climb out of a financial hole that has shaken the Massachusetts health care industry. The...

Health

Mar 27, 2024

Doctors operate on 62-year-old Richard Slayman of Weymouth on March 16. (Courtesy Massachusetts General Hospital)

In a first, doctors at Mass General transplanted a pig kidney into a living patient

Doctors say the patient, a 62-year-old-man is recovering well from the surgery. It is seen as a milestone and a potential solution to the worldwide shortage of human organs for...

Health

02:48Mar 21, 2024

The main entrance of Massachusetts General Hospital. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Mass General, Brigham and Women's hospitals promise closer collaboration

Two of Boston’s biggest and most prominent academic medical centers on Wednesday promised to work more closely together, combining clinical departments in what they’re describing as an effort to improve...

Health

Mar 13, 2024

4 years after the COVID emergency, what the coronavirus means today

The social distancing era is over, the five-day isolation rule is no more, and millions have received COVID vaccines. But experts say the coronavirus is still with us.

Health

Mar 12, 2024

Distressed Steward Health may have a buyer for St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River

Southcoast Health has become the first Massachusetts health care provider to express interest in acquiring a hospital from Steward Health Care, the troubled for-profit company looking to exit the state.

Health

Mar 8, 2024

Healey doubles down on calls for Steward Health to leave Mass.

The company is also facing pressure from federal officials. U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch said last week that Congress could issue subpoenas to compel Steward executives to share financial information.

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Feb 26, 2024