health care

Is the American Dream losing its shine? The New York Times interviewed Europeans about everything from our parental leave policies to our health care to our diets. They weren’t always impressed.

Only about 30% of Black adults with mental health issues actually receive treatment each year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Dr. Ebony Butler created “My Therapy Cards” to help Black women specifically focus on their own mental wellness.

Therapists Eboni Harris and Eliza Boquin discuss the mission behind their initiative, Melanin & Mental Health, which is trying to expand access to therapy in communities of color by providing a directory of Black therapists and using social media, podcasts and merchandise to normalize mental health conversations.

Months into battling Covid-19, doctors from across the globe are still struggling to come up with a standard of care and core protocols for treating patients. The New York Times interviews doctors about how they are adjusting their treatments to this novel virus.

The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law must be struck down with it.

Ana Wilkinson, a traveling nurse who treated COVID-19 patients in New York City at the height of the city’s crisis, says people who deny the reality of coronavirus or refuse to wear a mask are disrespecting the sacrifices of health workers.

‘I have a bachelor’s degree in nursing and I have a master’s degree. And I still wasn’t good enough to provide care for her because of my skin color.’

The Trump administration has won a court ruling upholding its plan to require hospitals and insurers to disclose the actual prices for common tests and procedures in a bid to promote competition and push down costs

Public health expert Ogbonnaya Omenka explains why the link between health and wealth in U.S. society puts minority communities at greater risk of dying from Covid-19 and other public health issues.

The Trump administration has finalized a regulation that overturns Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health care

Health care workers have been hailed as heroes during the coronavirus pandemic, but their salaries don’t reflect their essential role. The New York Times followed a certified nursing assistant from Massachusetts who is living near the poverty line.

Seeing a decline in coronavirus patients, Massachusetts General Hospital is shifting their resources, according to the Boston Globe. Ann Prestipino, a senior vice president at MGH who has been overseeing the hospital’s coronavirus response, told the Boston Globe that the hospital is now caring for 200 patients compared to the more than 400 they were seeing before. Parts of the…

A senior vice president at Massachusetts General Hospital said they are shifting resources amid a decline in coronavirus patients, according to the Boston Globe.

As part of the Movement to Give donation drive, several fundraisers are going on throughout Massachusetts to help aid health care and essential workers, homeless shelters, food banks and the most vulnerable communities amid the coronavirus crisis. This includes 17-year old Claudia Schmidt, who is teaming up with Bart’s ice cream in Greenfield to create a COVID-19 relief fund Ice...

The Supreme Court has ruled that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal government to cover their losses in the early years of the health care law championed by President Barack Obama

Christopher Hoffman had the telltale symptoms: a dry cough, trouble breathing and a missing sense of smell. In early March, before the coronavirus shut the country down, the 25-year-old New Yorker went to urgent care, where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. “Because I didn’t have a fever, they didn’t think to test me for COVID-19,” Hoffman told NBC News....

A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large new study

Over the past month, a staggering 22 million Americans filed for unemployment as cities and states around the country continue to order Americans to shelter in place in an attempt to mitigate the public health effects of the coronavirus.  In the U.S., unemployment during a health crisis can be especially challenging since about 49% of Americans get health insurance through their employer. As...

A Massachusetts company plans on making low-cost ventilators to help hospitals across the country facing a shortage during coronavirus pandemic. Boston Scientific Company, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of medical devices, is planning to make 3,000 ventilators, according to the Boston Globe. Dubbed the “coventor,” the ventilators were first conceived by a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota. The device…

A Massachusetts company is planning on making low-cost ventilators to try help hospitals across the country facing shortages of medical equipment.