New England News CollaborativeStories published by WBUR in partnership with members of the New England News Collaborative.Maine high schools will soon have to offer students training in administering naloxoneUnder a Maine state law passed earlier this year, the naloxone training would need to be based on standards from nationally recognized programs or agencies, and would be an "extracurricular...HealthOct 23, 2023Saint-Gobain announces closure of Merrimack facility at the center of PFAS controversyThe announcement comes less than a week after the facility was approved for a contentious permit that would have allowed the company to operate in Merrimack through 2028.HealthAug 23, 2023Maine governor signs controversial bill lifting key restrictions on abortions late in pregnancyThe bill to expand access to abortion in Maine was one of the most controversial of this year's legislative session and only narrowly received initial passage in the Maine House...HealthJul 20, 2023New Hampshire residents sue Harvard Pilgrim over data breachTwo New Hampshire residents are suing Harvard Pilgrim Health Care over a cyber security breach that exposed sensitive data like their Social Security numbers, full names, addresses, phone numbers, dates...HealthJun 15, 2023Blue envelopes, texts, knocks: MassHealth reaching out to keep residents insuredWith the end of a pandemic-era federal rule preventing the loss of coverage for Medicaid recipients, Massachusetts must determine the eligibility of the 2.4 million people enrolled in the state.HealthJun 1, 2023AdvertisementUMass research suggests beauty pageant news worsens body image among teens, young womenA study by University of Massachusetts Amherst and Vanderbilt University found that adolescent girls and young women exposed to beauty pageant news coverage were more likely to feel bad about...HealthMay 29, 2023Vermont becomes first state to waive residency requirement for medical aid in dyingRepublican Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law Tuesday that allows nonresidents to request life-ending prescription medication from Vermont doctors.HealthMay 3, 2023Long stays in ERs a problem for N.H. patients in mental health crisis. Timeline to fix it is debatedSome patients who are held involuntarily due to a psychiatric crisis spend days or weeks in hospital emergency rooms, because the state doesn’t have enough treatment beds to meet the...HealthApr 26, 2023After N.H. House votes to codify abortion rights, remove penalties for doctors, bills head to SenateThe New Hampshire House advanced several bills including one that would remove civil and criminal penalties for doctors from the state’s 24-week ban. This proposal was among others approved Thursday,...HealthMar 24, 2023Baystate Health responds to arrest of doctor charged with child pornographyBaystate Health CEO Mark Keroack published a letter online that said the hospital placed Bradford Ferrick, a family medicine resident, on unpaid leave once they learned he was being investigated...HealthMar 21, 2023After Baystate doctor's arrest for child pornography, FBI asking families to report their concernsThe FBI is inviting families to fill out a form with any concerns about 32-year-old Baystate Health family medicine resident, Bradford Ferrick, who was working in Greenfield, Deerfield and Springfield,...HealthMar 16, 2023Why it could be harder to get certain prescriptions as the pandemic health emergency endsThe pandemic pushed the federal government to allow providers to be able to see patients remotely, and prescribe controlled substances like ADHD medication. Doctors worry patients will lose access to...HealthMar 1, 2023As more patients travel to New England for abortions, Connecticut looks to expand accessOver the last year, since the Supreme Court ruling, there's been an increase in patients coming to New England for an abortion. In Connecticut, more providers who are not...ResumeHealth03:31Feb 8, 2023Research center in Boston aims to jumpstart precision psychiatryOne goal is to develop new drugs to treat psychiatric disorders, as the field still uses meds that went on the market decades ago. But scientists say the complexity of...ResumeHealth04:33Dec 28, 2022As college students return to Massachusetts campuses, they'll find new abortion care optionsA new state law ensures public college and university students in Massachusetts have access to medication abortion through the school's own health services, like on campus at UMass Amherst.HealthSep 1, 2022A church in N.H. offering a hallucinogenic tea has gained a following. But the pastor says his time in town is running outNew ayahuasca retreat centers have emerged across the country, but remain in a legal gray area.HealthAug 23, 2022UMass research contributes to federal guidelines for at-home COVID testingFor people without symptoms but concerned they may have the virus, the study results show antigen tests are more likely to detect COVID-19 within the first week of infection with...HealthAug 16, 2022Researchers are exploring how to reduce Hepatitis C in rural areas of the Connecticut River ValleyA group of New England researchers and medical professionals are exploring how a mobile health van at syringe-exchange sites can help reduce rates of Hepatitis C among rural residents.HealthAug 9, 2022New Hampshire sues chain pharmacies for their role in fueling opioid addiction crisisThe suit says the pharmacies failed to create systems to identify, investigate and report suspicious orders of prescription opioids, and fraudulently concealed that failure.HealthJul 27, 2022Gov. Mills: Maine won't help prosecute abortion seekers, providersMills signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies from cooperating in another state's investigation into people, groups or health care providers over abortions or other reproductive health care that was...HealthJul 6, 2022Next Page
Maine high schools will soon have to offer students training in administering naloxoneUnder a Maine state law passed earlier this year, the naloxone training would need to be based on standards from nationally recognized programs or agencies, and would be an "extracurricular...HealthOct 23, 2023
Saint-Gobain announces closure of Merrimack facility at the center of PFAS controversyThe announcement comes less than a week after the facility was approved for a contentious permit that would have allowed the company to operate in Merrimack through 2028.HealthAug 23, 2023
Maine governor signs controversial bill lifting key restrictions on abortions late in pregnancyThe bill to expand access to abortion in Maine was one of the most controversial of this year's legislative session and only narrowly received initial passage in the Maine House...HealthJul 20, 2023
New Hampshire residents sue Harvard Pilgrim over data breachTwo New Hampshire residents are suing Harvard Pilgrim Health Care over a cyber security breach that exposed sensitive data like their Social Security numbers, full names, addresses, phone numbers, dates...HealthJun 15, 2023
Blue envelopes, texts, knocks: MassHealth reaching out to keep residents insuredWith the end of a pandemic-era federal rule preventing the loss of coverage for Medicaid recipients, Massachusetts must determine the eligibility of the 2.4 million people enrolled in the state.HealthJun 1, 2023
UMass research suggests beauty pageant news worsens body image among teens, young womenA study by University of Massachusetts Amherst and Vanderbilt University found that adolescent girls and young women exposed to beauty pageant news coverage were more likely to feel bad about...HealthMay 29, 2023
Vermont becomes first state to waive residency requirement for medical aid in dyingRepublican Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law Tuesday that allows nonresidents to request life-ending prescription medication from Vermont doctors.HealthMay 3, 2023
Long stays in ERs a problem for N.H. patients in mental health crisis. Timeline to fix it is debatedSome patients who are held involuntarily due to a psychiatric crisis spend days or weeks in hospital emergency rooms, because the state doesn’t have enough treatment beds to meet the...HealthApr 26, 2023
After N.H. House votes to codify abortion rights, remove penalties for doctors, bills head to SenateThe New Hampshire House advanced several bills including one that would remove civil and criminal penalties for doctors from the state’s 24-week ban. This proposal was among others approved Thursday,...HealthMar 24, 2023
Baystate Health responds to arrest of doctor charged with child pornographyBaystate Health CEO Mark Keroack published a letter online that said the hospital placed Bradford Ferrick, a family medicine resident, on unpaid leave once they learned he was being investigated...HealthMar 21, 2023
After Baystate doctor's arrest for child pornography, FBI asking families to report their concernsThe FBI is inviting families to fill out a form with any concerns about 32-year-old Baystate Health family medicine resident, Bradford Ferrick, who was working in Greenfield, Deerfield and Springfield,...HealthMar 16, 2023
Why it could be harder to get certain prescriptions as the pandemic health emergency endsThe pandemic pushed the federal government to allow providers to be able to see patients remotely, and prescribe controlled substances like ADHD medication. Doctors worry patients will lose access to...HealthMar 1, 2023
As more patients travel to New England for abortions, Connecticut looks to expand accessOver the last year, since the Supreme Court ruling, there's been an increase in patients coming to New England for an abortion. In Connecticut, more providers who are not...ResumeHealth03:31Feb 8, 2023
Research center in Boston aims to jumpstart precision psychiatryOne goal is to develop new drugs to treat psychiatric disorders, as the field still uses meds that went on the market decades ago. But scientists say the complexity of...ResumeHealth04:33Dec 28, 2022
As college students return to Massachusetts campuses, they'll find new abortion care optionsA new state law ensures public college and university students in Massachusetts have access to medication abortion through the school's own health services, like on campus at UMass Amherst.HealthSep 1, 2022
A church in N.H. offering a hallucinogenic tea has gained a following. But the pastor says his time in town is running outNew ayahuasca retreat centers have emerged across the country, but remain in a legal gray area.HealthAug 23, 2022
UMass research contributes to federal guidelines for at-home COVID testingFor people without symptoms but concerned they may have the virus, the study results show antigen tests are more likely to detect COVID-19 within the first week of infection with...HealthAug 16, 2022
Researchers are exploring how to reduce Hepatitis C in rural areas of the Connecticut River ValleyA group of New England researchers and medical professionals are exploring how a mobile health van at syringe-exchange sites can help reduce rates of Hepatitis C among rural residents.HealthAug 9, 2022
New Hampshire sues chain pharmacies for their role in fueling opioid addiction crisisThe suit says the pharmacies failed to create systems to identify, investigate and report suspicious orders of prescription opioids, and fraudulently concealed that failure.HealthJul 27, 2022
Gov. Mills: Maine won't help prosecute abortion seekers, providersMills signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies from cooperating in another state's investigation into people, groups or health care providers over abortions or other reproductive health care that was...HealthJul 6, 2022
