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'I wanted our own': Some in Berkshires 'feel pretty …

WEBThe North Adams, Massachusetts, campus of the Berkshire Medical Center is the site of the new North Adams Regional Hospital, which is slated to open in March 2024.

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A new North Adams Regional Hospital opens, admits its …

WEBBut in North Adams, Massachusetts, Thursday, about 150 people gathered to celebrate the opening of a new hospital, which admitted its first patient. After a $2.85 …

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After downsizing health care for years, Pentagon says …

WEBEven before the wars ended the Pentagon activated a plan to tame massive health care costs by pushing military medical care into the private sector, especially for …

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Is Universal Healthcare Economically Viable

WEBProponents say that universal healthcare is an economically viable model. Economics Professor Robert Pollin, co-director of the UMass Political Economy Research Ins titute …

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Community behavioral health centers in Mass. see big …

WEBOn a recent weeknight, mental health clinicians Nokson Ugah and Madalena Andrade sat in front of computers and phones in the call center of a …

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Massachusetts seeing billions in 'excessive' health care …

WEBA majority of the excessive spending the HPC flagged was on prescription drugs. Massachusetts commercial payers in 2021 paid nearly $1.9 billion in excess on …

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COVID Numbers ‘steadied’ somewhat at Baystate Health, …

WEBThe COVID-19 surge, fueled by the omicron variant, continues to fill up hospitals and stretch medical resources. That's the case for Baystate Health, which …

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Looking for possible link to water troubles, Housatonic …

WEBCarrie Healy hosts the local broadcast of "Morning Edition" at NEPM. She also hosts the station’s weekly government and politics segment “Beacon Hill In 5” for …

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Gov. Healey says those who lose MassHealth insurance …

WEBMassachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said the state is working to make sure the roughly 300,000 residents who could lose health insurance through MassHealth in …

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Mass. Gov. Healey signs $56B budget, agreeing to most …

WEBThe spending plan makes permanent a pandemic-era program providing free school meals to all students, clears the way for high school graduates without legal …

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Providence Hospital To Close Holyoke Psych Units Despite State …

WEBThe DPH was also "concerned" that Providence had shut down its adolescent unit on May 20, well before its stated June 30 closing date. Mercy later …

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Massachusetts DPH Plans Cancer Study In Pittsfield, Towns On

WEBThe Massachusetts Department of Public Health is launching a study to determine cancer incidence in five cities and towns on the Housatonic River.

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Baystate Health opening behavioral health hospital in Holyoke …

WEBA new behavioral health hospital is opening in Holyoke next week, although it won’t start taking patients in crisis for a few more months. Valley Springs Behavioral …

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College student explores rare mental health condition in award …

WEBElissa Nadworny reports on all things college for NPR, following big stories like unprecedented enrollment declines, college affordability, the student debt crisis and …

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Wellness center in honor of Springfield community leader 'Terry

WEBLoved ones, friends, community members and officials gathered Friday in the Indian Orchard section of Springfield for the grand opening of a new wellness center …

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Transgender patients get specialized health care in western

WEBIn 2016, Ducar herself transitioned while working as a psychiatric nurse. As she runs the clinic business, she said she draws on some of her own challenges getting …

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Amid rising COVID-19 cases, some local Mass. officials say 'the …

WEBMassachusetts lawmakers heard last week from local health officials who want more help from the state responding to COVID-19. Some officials say there is a …

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Sen. Markey announces climate change bill at Baystate Medical …

WEBU.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts, visited Baystate Hospital in Springfield Wednesday to announce the Granting Resources for Eliminating Emissions …

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Massachusetts House bill could help long-term care providers

WEBHouse Democrats on Tuesday teed up a bevy of reforms to the long-term care sector, scheduling a vote on a package whose roots predate the COVID-19 …

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Latino Counseling Center purchases Springfield building, expands

WEBPara leer este artículo en español, haga clic aquí.. After five years of providing bilingual mental health services to Springfield residents, the Latino Counseling …

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Research suggests beauty pageant news coverage worsens body …

WEBJust as the U.S. Surgeon General releases a report warning of mental health damage from social media, research from UMass Amherst and Vanderbilt …

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