WBUR's Morning EditionLocal content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcastsPrimary care wait times grow in Mass., pushing some patients to ERsIt 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...ResumeHealth04:07Apr 3, 2024As Steward Health flails, once-supporters of Ralph de la Torre now criticize the CEOMany in the health care industry were unwilling to speak on the record about de la Torre, but in a dozen interviews, some blamed the company's flagging finances on greed....ResumeHealth04:45Feb 6, 2024Mass. leaders scramble to plan for potential Steward hospital closuresThe ripples of financial difficulties at Steward have been felt by its employees, vendors, state officials and patients for years, but the state is now scrambling to prepare for what...ResumeHealth03:02Jan 25, 2024Mass. family shelter system reaches cap. Waitlist for homeless families to begin FridayThree weeks ago, Gov. Maura Healey announced that once the system hits 7,500 households there would be no more room. Today, the state crossed that threshold. Homeless advocates worry the...ResumeHealth04:17Nov 9, 2023As Boston police prepare to remove 'Mass. and Cass' encampment, some wonder what comes nextCity workers have handed out flyers explaining Boston's plan to remove tents on Wednesday from the "Mass. and Cass" area. Despite efforts to offer services, housing and storage to people...ResumeHealth05:01Oct 31, 2023AdvertisementAs shelters expand into hotel and motel rooms, some end up displacedWhile state officials and shelter providers work to avoid displacing longtime motel residents to make space for unhoused families, housing advocates say they are aware of cases where people have...ResumeHealth06:10Oct 16, 2023COVID has been rising and flu is coming. Here’s what you need to know about respiratory virus season in Mass.The start of fall marks the beginning of respiratory virus season. COVID has been on an upswing for much of the past couple months — and other viruses, including flu...ResumeHealth05:24Sep 25, 2023'We started getting just planes of people': Logan Airport team scrambles to help newly arrived migrantsEach night, workers at Logan Airport provide cots for travelers with canceled flights. But lately, they’re also providing temporary beds for immigrants seeking refuge in Massachusetts. Since July 11, Logan’s...ResumeHealth05:26Sep 18, 2023As students return to classrooms, some newly arrived immigrants have to wait The effort to vaccinate newly arrived immigrant children, enroll them in school and equip schools with translators and transportation plans has proved daunting. Even as the first day of school...ResumeHealth05:00Sep 5, 2023Boston officials look to revive Long Island as hub for addiction services, homeless careCity officials and health care professionals on Wednesday toured the now-dilapidated facilities. Inside, the buildings are in an eerie state of disrepair, nine years after being abandoned when the Long...ResumeHealth04:27Aug 24, 2023Facing an 'epidemic of loneliness,' some Mass. organizations try to help people make friends"People are so isolated and so lonely, and that has such a negative impact on their quality of life," said Jeff Keilson, senior vice president at Advocates, the human services...ResumeHealth04:06Aug 22, 2023Mass. health care alliance leader says state's primary care is being overlookedMassachusetts Health Quality Partners CEO Barbra Rabson wrote about her concerns in a letter published by The Boston Globe on Thursday, and she joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about...ResumeHealth04:12Jul 7, 2023Inside the $11 million effort to help Massachusetts residents maintain health coverageDuring the COVID health emergency, federal rules allowed MassHealth recipients to keep their benefits indefinitely. But now, people have to prove they qualify and health care providers and community advocates...ResumeHealth04:14Jul 5, 2023Don’t call it vegan: What hospitals are learning about nudging people to eat greenerWhat entices someone to eat less meat? Hospitals are tackling this question as they work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve patients' health. Here's one tip in play at...ResumeHealth05:09Jun 28, 2023Why hundreds of thousands of poor, disabled children are missing out on federal helpOver the past decade, the number of children receiving Supplemental Security Income has dropped dramatically. There is evidence that when young people lose this money, they are more likely to...ResumeHealth07:55Jun 23, 2023How the Dobbs abortion decision is playing out in Massachusetts, one year laterMassachusetts has not experienced much of the political turmoil triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which ended the constitutional right to an abortion. But the state is feeling...ResumeHealth04:33Jun 23, 2023Patients, doctor say closing of Emerson Hospital addiction medication program worsens 'treatment desert'The program served a swath of suburban towns along the Route 2 corridor and rural towns in Middlesex County. Emerson Health says the program saw a "limited number" of patients,...ResumeHealth06:04Jun 8, 2023With masks off in hospitals, people with disabilities weigh the risk of careElderly and disabled people remain at higher risk of getting severely sick from COVID, even as much of society moves on from the pandemic.ResumeHealth04:52Jun 1, 2023The unexpected story of how the birth control pill was invented and testedIn over 100 countries, the pill is available without a prescription. As the Food and Drug Administration considers a similar move in the U.S., advocates are revisiting the pill’s quirky...ResumeHealth04:37May 24, 2023Back Bay to Nubian Square: 2 miles and a 23-year life expectancy gapA startling analysis from the Boston Public Health Commission shows the longest average life expectancy in Boston is nearly 92 years, for residents in a section of the Back Bay....ResumeHealth05:32May 11, 2023Next Page
Primary care wait times grow in Mass., pushing some patients to ERsIt 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...ResumeHealth04:07Apr 3, 2024
As Steward Health flails, once-supporters of Ralph de la Torre now criticize the CEOMany in the health care industry were unwilling to speak on the record about de la Torre, but in a dozen interviews, some blamed the company's flagging finances on greed....ResumeHealth04:45Feb 6, 2024
Mass. leaders scramble to plan for potential Steward hospital closuresThe ripples of financial difficulties at Steward have been felt by its employees, vendors, state officials and patients for years, but the state is now scrambling to prepare for what...ResumeHealth03:02Jan 25, 2024
Mass. family shelter system reaches cap. Waitlist for homeless families to begin FridayThree weeks ago, Gov. Maura Healey announced that once the system hits 7,500 households there would be no more room. Today, the state crossed that threshold. Homeless advocates worry the...ResumeHealth04:17Nov 9, 2023
As Boston police prepare to remove 'Mass. and Cass' encampment, some wonder what comes nextCity workers have handed out flyers explaining Boston's plan to remove tents on Wednesday from the "Mass. and Cass" area. Despite efforts to offer services, housing and storage to people...ResumeHealth05:01Oct 31, 2023
As shelters expand into hotel and motel rooms, some end up displacedWhile state officials and shelter providers work to avoid displacing longtime motel residents to make space for unhoused families, housing advocates say they are aware of cases where people have...ResumeHealth06:10Oct 16, 2023
COVID has been rising and flu is coming. Here’s what you need to know about respiratory virus season in Mass.The start of fall marks the beginning of respiratory virus season. COVID has been on an upswing for much of the past couple months — and other viruses, including flu...ResumeHealth05:24Sep 25, 2023
'We started getting just planes of people': Logan Airport team scrambles to help newly arrived migrantsEach night, workers at Logan Airport provide cots for travelers with canceled flights. But lately, they’re also providing temporary beds for immigrants seeking refuge in Massachusetts. Since July 11, Logan’s...ResumeHealth05:26Sep 18, 2023
As students return to classrooms, some newly arrived immigrants have to wait The effort to vaccinate newly arrived immigrant children, enroll them in school and equip schools with translators and transportation plans has proved daunting. Even as the first day of school...ResumeHealth05:00Sep 5, 2023
Boston officials look to revive Long Island as hub for addiction services, homeless careCity officials and health care professionals on Wednesday toured the now-dilapidated facilities. Inside, the buildings are in an eerie state of disrepair, nine years after being abandoned when the Long...ResumeHealth04:27Aug 24, 2023
Facing an 'epidemic of loneliness,' some Mass. organizations try to help people make friends"People are so isolated and so lonely, and that has such a negative impact on their quality of life," said Jeff Keilson, senior vice president at Advocates, the human services...ResumeHealth04:06Aug 22, 2023
Mass. health care alliance leader says state's primary care is being overlookedMassachusetts Health Quality Partners CEO Barbra Rabson wrote about her concerns in a letter published by The Boston Globe on Thursday, and she joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about...ResumeHealth04:12Jul 7, 2023
Inside the $11 million effort to help Massachusetts residents maintain health coverageDuring the COVID health emergency, federal rules allowed MassHealth recipients to keep their benefits indefinitely. But now, people have to prove they qualify and health care providers and community advocates...ResumeHealth04:14Jul 5, 2023
Don’t call it vegan: What hospitals are learning about nudging people to eat greenerWhat entices someone to eat less meat? Hospitals are tackling this question as they work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve patients' health. Here's one tip in play at...ResumeHealth05:09Jun 28, 2023
Why hundreds of thousands of poor, disabled children are missing out on federal helpOver the past decade, the number of children receiving Supplemental Security Income has dropped dramatically. There is evidence that when young people lose this money, they are more likely to...ResumeHealth07:55Jun 23, 2023
How the Dobbs abortion decision is playing out in Massachusetts, one year laterMassachusetts has not experienced much of the political turmoil triggered by the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision, which ended the constitutional right to an abortion. But the state is feeling...ResumeHealth04:33Jun 23, 2023
Patients, doctor say closing of Emerson Hospital addiction medication program worsens 'treatment desert'The program served a swath of suburban towns along the Route 2 corridor and rural towns in Middlesex County. Emerson Health says the program saw a "limited number" of patients,...ResumeHealth06:04Jun 8, 2023
With masks off in hospitals, people with disabilities weigh the risk of careElderly and disabled people remain at higher risk of getting severely sick from COVID, even as much of society moves on from the pandemic.ResumeHealth04:52Jun 1, 2023
The unexpected story of how the birth control pill was invented and testedIn over 100 countries, the pill is available without a prescription. As the Food and Drug Administration considers a similar move in the U.S., advocates are revisiting the pill’s quirky...ResumeHealth04:37May 24, 2023
Back Bay to Nubian Square: 2 miles and a 23-year life expectancy gapA startling analysis from the Boston Public Health Commission shows the longest average life expectancy in Boston is nearly 92 years, for residents in a section of the Back Bay....ResumeHealth05:32May 11, 2023