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Child Welfare Overhaul: Massachusetts negotiators agreed on a “Foster Child Bill of Rights” to strengthen safety, education stability, and timely medical and behavioral health care for kids in DCF custody. AI in Publishing: Boston-area literary and medical journals say they’re struggling to screen AI-generated submissions, raising fresh questions about how to preserve human-authored insight in science and scholarship. Neighborhood Health & Air Concerns: Lowell residents asked a judge to halt expansion of a local data center, arguing the state’s air-quality permit process shortchanged community input and could worsen noise and pollution. Medicare Advantage Appeals: A federal report highlights how often skilled nursing facility prior-authorization denials get overturned on appeal—an issue that hits older adults and people with disabilities hard. Local Healthcare Real Estate: Bedford Woods in Bedford is filling up with new tenants, including an outpatient mental health office from Integrated Behavioral Care. Sports Medicine Note: Red Sox All-Star Willson Contreras was held out for concussion testing after being hit by a pitch, with expectations to return soon.

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New Bedford Community Health plans free family health fair Aug. 8

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