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By Alison Kuznitz

BOSTON—Residents are in for a “very choppy summer” as the state’s massive redetermination effort to gauge eligibility for 2.4 million MassHealth members unfolds, Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh said Thursday.“People are going to show up...

By Chris Lisinski

BOSTON — Massachusetts regulators delivered one of their most forceful warnings yet that health care prices are spiraling out of control, ramping up the pressure on lawmakers who have been unable to wrangle the trend and fulfill a consensus vision of...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — Nearly 70 percent of Massachusetts health care employees have felt exhausted or burnt out by work over the past year, according to the results of a survey of union workers.Just over 60 percent of 600 respondents said they’ve taken on...

By Sam Doran

BOSTON — A proposed pilot program for Massachusetts hospitals could be “game-changing” in identifying medical error cases and the causes behind them, the Betsy Lehman Center’s executive director said Monday, and several hospitals have expressed...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — State officials on Thursday offered a first glimpse into efforts to redetermine MassHealth members’ eligibility.About six weeks into the process, which is expected to take a year, about 70,000 Massachusetts households have begun the process...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — From fish being reeled in by anglers in Taunton to the drinking water at an elementary school in New Salem, so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS are everywhere, the questions and comments from lawmakers from various corners of...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — What’s the first step in dealing with an overflowing bathtub?That’s the question MASSPIRG legislative director Deirdre Cummings asks to make her pitch for a sweeping new bill aimed at wrangling the presence of PFAS chemicals in food...

By MARY BYRNE

Although public health officials aren’t seeing an abundance of cases locally, it is possible, experts say, for an individual to carry more than one respiratory illness at once.“Co-infections have become a growing concern in recent months in response...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Filling public health needs in Franklin County and North Quabbin communities saw little progress over the past three years, as evidenced by the recent Community Health Needs Assessment showcasing much of the same needs that were...

By MAX BOWEN

Citing difficulties in the healthcare industry, a potential merger between UMass Memorial Health and Heywood Healthcare has been terminated.According to a joint statement sent by Debora Spano, media and public relations manager at UMass Memorial...