January 08, 2010, 5:30 AM
BOSTON — The pharmaceutical industry spends billions of dollars each year promoting its products. That means doctors often get a one-sided view of which drugs are best for their patients. Now, a new program in Massachusetts aims to give doctors bias-free medical information. But it might not be around for long.
January 07, 2010, 5:14 AM
Vicki Kennedy, the widow of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, is expected to make a campaign appearance with the woman who hopes to succeed Kennedy in the Senate: Attorney General Martha Coakley.
January 05, 2010, 11:43 AM
BOSTON — Boston Medical Center, the state’s best-known safety net hospital, has a new CEO.
January 05, 2010, 5:15 AM
WALTHAM, Mass. — When it comes to water shortages in the U.S., the Northeast probably isn’t the first place that jumps to mind. California would be more like it. But there are water wars brewing in this region, too.
January 04, 2010, 6:51 PM
BOSTON — Massachusetts has released a first-in-the-nation ocean management plan that increases protection for sensitive marine wildlife and promotes the development of offshore renewable energy projects such as wind farms.
December 29, 2009, 6:30 AM
BOSTON — State Senator Scott Brown is sponsoring legislation that would release health insurance plans in Massachusetts from covering some health care.
December 25, 2009, 6:38 AM
BOSTON — Massachusetts’ interim Senator, Paul Kirk, said the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy would have been proud that his state “provided the crucial 60th vote to pass this historic legislation.”
December 24, 2009, 12:29 PM
BOSTON — In a post-vote interview, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry explained the significance of the vote for the American people, referencing the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
December 24, 2009, 10:08 AM
WASHINGTON — The pre-dawn procession to the Senate had the feel of a bittersweet, Christmas Eve memorial, with Kennedy’s close friends and former staffers nearly filling the galleries, his name on the tips of everyone’s tongues.
December 22, 2009, 7:12 PM
BOSTON — Speaking in Boston on Tuesday, Sen. John Kerry downplayed fears that the national health care bill advancing in the U.S. Senate could endanger recent health care gains in Massachusetts.
December 22, 2009, 9:17 AM
BOSTON — The NFL is now encouraging all of its current and retired players to participate in brain research at Boston University, and might give researchers a $1 million grant.
December 22, 2009, 3:40 AM
BOSTON — Santa Claus, also known as Jonathan Meath, says kids all want the same thing: toys! And it’s no different for the kids he visited at the Jimmy Fund Clinic at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute this week.
December 21, 2009, 8:32 AM
BOSTON — The swine flu vaccine is finally arriving in large quantities in Massachusetts, and it’s now available to everyone in the state. But the H1N1 virus is on the decline, and so is public interest in getting vaccinated. Still, health experts say we shouldn’t assume swine flu is gone for good.
December 17, 2009, 3:58 PM
BOSTON — State public health officials said Thursday that the H1N1 vaccine is now available to all Massachusetts residents and that large-scale public flu clinics should begin in early January.
December 15, 2009, 1:18 AM
BOSTON — Workers at a Somerville plant that cleans laundry for area hospitals and medical clinics are striking to negotiate higher wages and better benefits. But it’s been hard to strike during the downturn.
