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Gillibrand pushes for health care coverage for burn pit exposure

WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Brunswick, called on the Senate this week to pass comprehensive legislation expanding health care…

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Here’s why hospital nurses, the pandemic’s ‘health care heroes,’ are so ticked off

Jamille Cabacungan’s shift as charge nurse in UCSF’s medical-surgical unit began with bad news: Just seven of her nine nurses…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…