Warwick
Warwick, RI · Health
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...
mcknightsseniorliving.com
Senior living is moving from reactive care to active longevity, wellness
BOSTON — Today’s senior living consumers are active, aging adults looking for communities that offer personalized healthcare, convenient technology and the ability to continue living their best lives, according to one expert. To meet those consumer demands, the senior living model is moving away from a reactive care...
Boston
Brigham nurses postpone scheduled strike to vote on hospital’s ‘best and final’ offer
The “indefinite” strike could have gone until the two sides reached a contract agreement. Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses pressed pause on their upcoming strike to give union members a chance to vote on the hospital’s “last, best and final offer,” the union announced Saturday evening.
OK Magazine
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 .
Martha's Vineyard Times
commentbsu.com
“Scrubs Off Strike On!” MGB Nurses Announce Strike Date
Last Friday, October 2nd, Brigham and Women’s Hospital nurses officially set a date for their recently authorized open-ended strike. The strike is scheduled to begin on October 14th and will continue until both Mass General Brigham, and the nurses can agree on a contract. The vote to authorize the strike resulted in 93% support for the motion, according to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. By scheduling the strike to begin on the 14th, the nurses’ union satisfied their legal obligation to provide the hospital with at least 10-days’ notice before going on strike. Kelly Morgan, the chair of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Massachusetts Nurses Association Bargaining Committee, released a statement explaining the reason for the strike.
takemetotn.com
Darkness Adds Another Layer Of Mystery To This Abandoned Massachusetts Hospital
Medfield State Hospital can feel almost ordinary in bright daylight, but the atmosphere shifts as the sun drops behind its empty brick buildings. Boarded windows, long walkways, and quiet grounds give the former Massachusetts hospital an unmistakable sense of mystery without needing ghost stories to make it interesting. The real...
mcknightsseniorliving.com
Adapt and thrive: As assisted living celebrates milestone, here’s how providers can navigate ‘rapid evolution’
BOSTON — Much has changed in the two and a half decades since the formation of the National Center for Assisted Living, LaShuan Bethea and Clif Porter said Sunday at the opening session of NCAL Day, celebrating 25 years of NCAL and the 20th annual NCAL Day. Porter, president...