Category: Health Care
Watchdog asks judge to end VA ‘stonewalling,’ identify officials behind health care restrictions
A watchdog group advocating on behalf of veterans on Friday asked a federal judge to force the Department of Veterans…
Health Care — White House relaunches free COVID tests via mail
Outgoing Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) will be the new president of the NCAA beginning in March. Seems his post-office…
Agreement targets health care capacity crunch in Mass.
As the weather gets colder, Massachusetts hospitals have begun filling to record occupancy levels, according to the state’s top health…
Health Care — Long COVID linked to thousands of US deaths
One Minnesota woman was able to capture the rare phenomenon of thundersnow on camera. Who knew that was a thing? Today in…
Community health programs are expanding access to care, but there’s still a ways to go
© Elias Valverde II/The Dallas Morning News/TNS Armando Martinez, Dallas County Health & Human Services community liaison, speaks with residents…
Health Care — Early results for melanoma relapse vax promising
RIP to Mike Leach, a pioneering college football coach who died Monday evening following complications from a heart condition. Today in health, lawmakers…
A Greenwich psychologist pleaded guilty to $2.6M in health care fraud. He has to pay it all back.
A psychologist, who previously settled a multi-million dollar health care fraud case out of New York, pleaded guilty to committing…
What Does a Good Health-Care System Look Like?
© Getty; The Atlantic This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he…
Judge rejects vaccine choice law in health care settings
HELENA, Mont. — A person’s choice to decline vaccinations does not outweigh public health and safety requirements in medical settings,…
Study: Only Alaskans pay more for health care than we do in Mass.
© Adam Berry/Getty Images BERLIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 05: A doctor holds a stethoscope on September 5, 2012 in Berlin,…
