BOSTON — A professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School has made a rap music video to help children avoid swine flu.
BOSTON — There’s a new twist in the battle over health care and abortion between two of the candidates hoping to succeed the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. Congressman Mike Capuano now says he would vote against a major health care bill making its way through Congress if the bill still has an anti-abortion provision.
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has died from the swine flu, marking the 14th person in the state and the fifth Boston resident to die from the H1N1 virus.
BOSTON — 750 people were given the H1N1 swine flu vaccine at a clinic in Uphams Corner in Dorchester. The clinics at community health centers are being held as the vaccine slowly becomes more available.
Good news on the swine flu front: some local hospitals say emergency room visits by people with flu-like symptoms seem to have plateaued, indicating that the H1N1 virus may have reached its peak in Boston.
A new study out of the Boston University School of Medicine finds that when the body is repeatedly deprived of foods rich in fat and sugar, that triggers a chemical reaction in the brain similar to drug addiction.
At least one big local health insurance company is reporting a troublesome trend related to the H1N1 swine flu outbreak: The overuse of antibiotics to treat the illness.
WASHINGTON — The House has opened debate on a health care overhaul bill, with a vote planned for late Saturday. Democrats are calling it a moral and economic imperative, while Republicans say it would damage the economy and erode the doctor-patient relationship.
A new national poll by the Harvard School of Public Health finds that the majority of adults who’ve tried to get the H1N1 swine flu vaccine for their children or themselves have been unable to do so
WASHINGTON — Chanting “Kill the bill,” thousands of conservatives rallied at the Capitol on Thursday against the Democrats’ health care overhaul plan, labeling it a government takeover of the nation’s medical system.
Politics and health policy professor Robert Blendon says Americans won’t support reform unless they’re convinced they’ll get help paying for insurance requirements.
Boston University researchers who studied how many alcohol ads young people see on the MBTA on a typical day are calling for a ban on alcohol advertising on the T.
Businesses are wrestling with the threat of H1N1 swine flu, worried that if too many employees get sick at once, the company could be brought to a standstill. But a researcher at MIT says it unlikely that their worst fears will be realized.
What to Do If Your Child Seems To Be Developing Complications From The Flu
Children’s Hospital has opened an overflow site to help manage the number of patients coming to its emergency room with flu-like symptoms. But most of those children are just being told to go home, drink fluids and get lots of rest.
