Category: Health Care
UW health care worker with Parkinson’s disease trains for ‘American Ninja Warrior’
When we chatted with Bryan Hill, 35, on an early February morning, his 8-month-old son Forrest was cooing in the…
Health care is becoming a target in Ukraine
Welcome to Thursday’s Health 202 — and happy St. Patrick’s Day. Today’s edition: A coronavirus surge in Western Europe has…
Can Connecticut lawmakers clamp down on ‘anti-competitive’ practices in health care?
Hospital consolidation is not just happening in Connecticut. Nationally, the trillion-dollar health care sector has seen an acceleration in health…
Gov. Baker: Bill would expand mental health care services
Gov. Baker: Bill would expand mental health care services Close Modal Boston.com Newsletter Signup Boston.com Logo Stay up to date…
Gov. Charlie Baker to announce ‘comprehensive new health care legislation’ Tuesday afternoon
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker will announce a new piece of health care legislation Tuesday afternoon in hopes of increasing access…
Massachusetts spent $1.5 billion less on health care in first year of pandemic
© Erin Clark / Globe Staff A medical worker processed patient information while working at UMass Memorial Medical Center in…
How Washington lawmakers did — and didn’t — boost mental health care this year
The Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded…
Health Matters: Turnover in the health care workforce and its effects on patients
Qing Yang and Kevin Parker Previously, we’ve written about how the COVID-19 pandemic put a strain on health care facilities…
Huge boost for Native American health care left out of federal spending bill
One section of the $1.5 trillion spending bill passed by Congress shocked tribal health care providers. Lawmakers in both chambers…
VA chief to recommend hospital closures and expansions in restructuring of the country’s largest health-care system
© Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Veteran John Caruso, center, talks with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough during President Biden’s visit to…
