Health
BINJ examined an unpublished remediation fund report, which revealed spending on services, equity grants, and millions unaccounted for.
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Health
Centered on patient data-sharing between Baystate and tech giants Meta and Google, the suit could expose the hospital system to hundreds of millions in...
Health
The state tried to withhold information on how cities and towns are spending opioid remediation dollars. From non-spenders to funding of police, here’s what...
Health
“The Holyoke Fire Department would like to have sprinklers in all our buildings, but we are bound by the building code and the law,”...
Health
Baystate denies wrongdoing and says data from its public website doesn’t qualify as protected health information.
Health
At a panel hosted at UMass last week, healthcare executives and state officials offered bleak projections and ideas for patching widening gaps in coverage.
Health
The Shoestring and NEPM previously reported on a dubious claim in marketing emails sent to local police departments. Now, the company has settled with...
Health
Nurses at the Northampton hospital say they're facing “unsafe staffing conditions, uncompetitive wages, and potential hikes to health insurance costs.”
Health
Food assistance organizations are bracing for spikes in already-record numbers of residents seeking help as new SNAP cuts follow the expiration of the pandemic...
Environment
From thousands of miles away, air pollution is traveling to New England and hitting already-polluted areas hardest.
Education
With measles making a comeback in some states, some western Mass schools are not achieving “herd immunity” status.
Education
Trump’s cuts to science funding would have big impacts for researchers, patients, and public health, too.