Mass General Brigham officials said Friday that the hospital system has withdrawn its controversial proposal to build outpatient care centers in Woburn and Westborough and to expand an existing facility in Westwood after learning Department of Public Health staff would not recommend approval of the projects.
Another 262 cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Department of Public Health on Thursday as hospitalizations inched up but the state’s seven-day average positive test rate declined to its lowest point yet.
Massachusetts construction companies and labor unions held work stoppages at 50 project sites from Boston to Springfield on Wednesday as their industry attempts to confront a high rate of fatal opioid overdoses among its ranks.
Affordable housing is the next big frontier in health care, and community development practitioners are catalyzing the growing discussion on social determinants of health, defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as “conditions in the places where people live, learn, work and
Two state lawmakers are calling for officials to shine a spotlight on a pending hospital merger that would create the state’s second-largest health care system.
Proposed changes to the Massachusetts lead paint laws are aimed at lowering lead levels in children, reducing the cost of abatement and bringing them more in line with federal statutes. The proposals have received widespread report, but not everybody is happy with them.
Denver-based AmeriCann Inc. has acquired a 53-acre site in Freetown for a large marijuana cultivation facility for $4.475 million.
Opponents of an expansion at Boston Children’s Hospital are not dropping their fight after the $1 billion project won state approval last week.
Nursing homes looking to expand their facilities will need to participate in Medicaid under a broad overhaul of Department of Public Health regulations presented Tuesday.
