Mass. Weighs Bringing In Drug-Sniffing Dogs To Its Psychiatric Hospitals
After five overdoses -- including one that was fatal -- at its flagship psychiatric hospital, the state is debating a move some nurses see as a necessary safety precaution. Meanwhile, some mental...
View ArticleFederal Study Of PFAs In Water At Former N.H. Military Base Approved
The federal government will study the health implications of PFAs at New Hampshire's Pease International Tradeport.
View ArticleVertex Purchases Semma Therapeutics For $950 Million
The Cambridge-based pharmaceutical giant is seeking to add the biotech company, which has been pursuing treatments for type 1 diabetes, to its portfolio.
View ArticleCitronella Candles And Self-Imposed Curfews: Living With The Threat Of EEE
In Fairhaven, where a woman recently contracted the mosquito-borne illness and died, some residents are taking extra precautions and adjusting their schedules in an attempt to protect their health.
View ArticleMass. Jails Expand Use Of Medication To Treat Opioid Addiction
Participating jails are now offering all three federally-approved opioid treatment meds: methadone, buprenorphine and naltrexone.
View Article5th Human Case Of EEE Found In Mass.
People are being asked to take extra precautions to protect themselves from mosquitoes that carry the disease.
View ArticleEffort To 'Gronk Spike' NFL Cannabis Policy Gains Momentum
Former Patriots star Rob Gronkowski has become an advocate for CBD at a time when the NFL and its players union are studying cannabis as a possible pain-management tool.
View ArticleYou Might Not Really Be As Into All This Negative News As You Seem
A study of more than 1,000 people around the world tracking their physiological responses as they watch news videos finds that they have far less "negativity bias" than expected.
View Article2 New Human Cases Of EEE Confirmed, Bringing Total To 7 In Mass. This Year
Two more people have tested positive for eastern equine encephalitis, becoming the sixth and seventh infected in Massachusetts in 2019.
View Article5-Year-Old Sudbury Girl In Critical Condition After Testing Positive For EEE...
A 5-year-old girl from Sudbury and a woman from Northborough are the two latest Massachusetts residents to contract Eastern Equine Encephalitis, bringing the human case count for the state to seven.
View ArticleSudbury To Spray For Mosquitoes After 5-Year-Old Girl Contracts EEE
So far this year, there have been seven confirmed human cases of EEE in the state. One of the victims, a Fairhaven woman, died of the mosquito-borne virus.
View ArticleWarren And Markey Ask Federal Health Officials About Efforts To Fight EEE
The two senators sent a letter this week to the National Institutes of Health asking about current federal research into EEE and whether research into other viruses could help lead to better treatment...
View ArticleRhode Island Resident Dies From EEE
The first person infected with eastern equine encephalitis in Rhode Island has died.
View ArticleUnusual Support Group Brings Together People Affected In Different Ways By...
A Bristol County suicide support group has evolved into something unusual -- seemingly unheard of -- in the suicide prevention community. Attempt and loss survivors are meeting together.
View ArticleHebrew SeniorLife, Brown Awarded $53 Million To Expand Nondrug Dementia...
The big grant from the National Institute on Aging will fund an incubator to test and develop dozens of treatments to help patients and their caregivers.
View ArticleMass. Health Officials Want Info On Vaping-Related Illnesses
The Department of Public Health is mandating that vaping-related illnesses be reported to the department for the next 12 months.
View ArticleStudy Finds Association Between Gender Identity Conversion Efforts And...
Researchers found transgender individuals who experienced gender identity conversion efforts by a therapist or religious adviser were more than twice as likely to attempt suicide.
View ArticleTrump Administration Will Propose Banning Thousands Of Vaping Flavors
The Food and Drug Administration will develop guidelines to remove from the market all e-cigarette flavors except tobacco, despite aggressive lobbying from vaping device maker Juul.
View ArticleOxyContin Maker May Have Reached Deal With 22 AGs. Healey Is Not One Of Them.
Purdue Pharma is under fire for its role in the opioid epidemic, and the company has reportedly agreed to a tentative settlement with 22 state attorneys general -- but not Massachusetts Attorney...
View ArticleVeterans With PTSD Turn To Beekeeping For Relief
Researchers are beginning to study whether beekeeping has therapeutic benefits. For now, there is little hard data, but veterans in programs like one in Manchester, N.H., insist that it helps them...
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