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Mass. health secretary tours Pittsfield’s Brien Center to hear local concerns around addiction, crisis care, loneliness
The Massachusetts Health and Human Services secretary was in Pittsfield on Wednesday to hear from healthcare providers about the community’s needs. As WAMC reports, they had a lot to tell him. From a lack of public transportation and affordable housing to an abundance of addiction and mental illness, it's...
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Agawam Fire Department to add third ambulance with new paramedic program
AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – The Agawam Fire Department plans to add a third ambulance during peak hours through a new staffing program that officials say will improve emergency medical response times without reducing firefighting capabilities or requiring new tax dollars. The department, Mayor Christopher Johnson and Agawam Firefighters IAFF...
Dorchester Reporter
Rep. Worrell wants legislation to look into pharmacy deserts
A small group of protestors who object to a spate of Walgreens store closures in Boston’s neighborhoods rallied outside one of the few surviving chain locations in Mattapan in Sept. 2025. Seth Daniel photo. Pharmacist Mike Wilson has managed to keep the lights on at Dorchester Ave’s Crawford Drug...
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Lindsay Clancy Malpractice Suit Faces New Challenge as Hospital Seeks to Restrict Potential Damages
The Money Overview
Mass Advantage will close its Worcester Medicare Advantage plan to new and existing members on January 1, 2027, after it did not submit a 2027 bid
Mass Advantage, the Medicare Advantage plan run out of Worcester, Massachusetts, will stop covering anyone on January 1, 2027. The plan says it did not submit a bid to Medicare for the 2027 plan year, so it will close to new members and to people already enrolled. Mass Advantage blames rising costs, lower reimbursement rates […] The post Mass Advantage will close its Worcester Medicare Advantage plan to new and existing members on January 1, 2027, after it did not submit a 2027 bid appeared first on The Money Overview .
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Brigham Says Nurses Union Withdraws Indefinite Strike Notice as Final Offer Heads to Vote
Brigham and Women’s Hospital says the Massachusetts Nurses Association has withdrawn its indefinite strike notice and agreed to put the hospital’s final contract offer before its members. The development followed 13 hours of negotiations during the parties’ 27th bargaining session, leaving nurses with a decision on a proposal covering wages, health insurance and several staffing concerns.
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Hartford HealthCare’s Manchester Memorial Hospital celebrates first-ever endobronchial ultrasound procedure
HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Hartford HealthCare’s Manchester Memorial Hospital is celebrating a major milestone after successfully performing its first-ever endobronchial ultrasound procedure. Dr. Mark Godfrey, director of bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology at Hartford HealthCare, joined Good Morning Connecticut at 9 a.m. to tell us more. Watch the full interview in the video player above.