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Health care confusion helps propel spending on Boston lobbying firms

Health care confusion helps propel spending on Boston lobbying firms

All the uncertainty around the future of health care is great for business — if you’re in the lobbying business. In Massachusetts, the top four spenders on lobbying in the first six months of the year were health careindustry trade groups,...

Owner:  John W. Henry
RBC Capital Maintains a Buy on Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) With a $125 PT

RBC Capital Maintains a Buy on Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) With a $125 PT

Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) is one of the best medical stocks to buy now. On September 29, RBC Capital analyst Shagun Singh Chadha maintained a Buy rating on Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) and set a price target of $125.00....

Owner:  Apollo Global Management
The impact of PTSD on physical and mental health

The impact of PTSD on physical and mental health

The impact of PTSD on physical and mental health HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT DAY. FIVE ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH THIS MORNING. THE IMPACT OF PTSD ON SOLDIERS AND THEIR PHYSICAL HEALTH. EXPERTS SAY IT CAN TRIGGER BIG CHANGES, INCLUDING WEIGHT GAIN AND...

Owner:  Hearst Family
MN to launch paid family, medical leave program Jan. 1. How will it work?

MN to launch paid family, medical leave program Jan. 1. How will it work?

Minnesota workers will be able to take up to 20 weeks off work each year when a tax-funded, state-administered paid family and medical leave program launches less than three months from now. It’ll be the 13th state-run program of its kind, and is...

Owner:  Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
Top stories: Hospital 'dumping,' Washington Bridge report, shark video

Top stories: Hospital 'dumping,' Washington Bridge report, shark video

Here are some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of Sept. 21, supported by your subscriptions. Here are the week's top reads on providencejournal.com: Federal law generally prohibits long-term care facilities from abruptly...

Owner:  Gannett Co. Inc.
Boston College men’s hockey falls to Quinnipiac in season opener

Boston College men’s hockey falls to Quinnipiac in season opener

CHESTNUT HILL – Quinnipiac and Boston College men’s hockey programs are national powers that have developed a healthy non-conference regional rivalry on opening night. The No. 6 Eagles and the No. 14 Bobcats opened the season against each other...

Owner:  Newhouse Family
Health Centers Face Risks as Gov't. Funding Lapses
Contemporary Care Opens Mental Health Center In Naples, Florida

Contemporary Care Opens Mental Health Center In Naples, Florida

(MENAFN- ACCESSWIRE) NAPLES, FL / ACCESS Newswire / October 3, 2025 / Contemporary Care announces the opening of its new location in Naples, Florida at 840 111th Avenue North, expanding the organization's nationally recognized behavioral health...

Owner:  Abdel Rehim Ali & Hani Jabsheh
The quick-service delivery of mental health
Early Prophylactic Anticoagulation and In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Severe Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Cedars-Sinai Names Clinical Affairs EVP and Chief Medical Officer

Cedars-Sinai Names Clinical Affairs EVP and Chief Medical Officer

Newswise — LOS ANGELES (Oct. 2, 2025) -- Cedars-Sinai has named Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH, executive vice president of Clinical Affairs and chief medical officer for Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Health System, effective Oct. 15. A...

Owner:  Roger Johnson (daughter Jessica is CEO)
Turtle treated for ‘baseball-sized’ bladder stone at animal hospital

Turtle treated for ‘baseball-sized’ bladder stone at animal hospital

Doctors at a Massachusetts animal hospital treated a turtle with a baseball-sized bladder stone on Wednesday. According to a social media post by the New England Wildlife Center, the chelonian had a one-pound urolith stuck inside the turtle. An...

Owner:  Hearst Family
REP. PAULINO: Why Are We Paying So Much for Medicine?

REP. PAULINO: Why Are We Paying So Much for Medicine?

By: State Rep. Francisco Paulino (9/25) In Lawrence and Methuen, families struggle with the high cost of medicine. Seniors cut pills in half, parents skip their own medication for their children, and families with chronic diseases worry about...

Owner:  Tom Duggan

Konovo Adds Former Kantar Health Exec Brody to Board

October 3 2025 In the US, healthcare intelligence company Konovo has added former Kantar Health exec Jeremy Brody as a board advisor, charged with helping to accelerate the expansion of its AI-native platform. Boston, MA-based Konovo was formed in...

Owner:  Nick Thomas
Massachusetts lawmakers propose pilot for overdose prevention sites amid mixed reactions

Massachusetts lawmakers propose pilot for overdose prevention sites amid mixed reactions

In December, Providence made history opening the first ever state sanctioned overdose prevention site in the country. It's a place where people struggling with addiction can come perform drug use under supervision. "This is a way to meet the...

Owner:  Smith Family
Daring mum raises cash for hospitals after abseiling off Liverpool’s Anfield stadium
Boston Police Blotter: Woman banned from MBTA after violent shoving case

Boston Police Blotter: Woman banned from MBTA after violent shoving case

The woman arrested for viciously shoving a senior off an MBTA bus will be barred from riding the transit network, among other punishments, after pleading no contest in her case. Luz Pineda, 32, of Boston, was charged with assault and battery on an...

Owner:  Randall D. Smith & Heath Freeman
Boston woman ordered to stay off MBTA after pushing 63-year-old off bus

Boston woman ordered to stay off MBTA after pushing 63-year-old off bus

A Boston woman will spend three months on home confinement and must stay off of all MBTA vehicles after she admitted to pushing a 63-year-old woman off a bus last month. Luz Pineda, 32, admitted to the assault in Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury...

Owner:  Newhouse Family
The essential role of the urban tree microbiome: A key to city health

The essential role of the urban tree microbiome: A key to city health

Urban trees are essential to the health of cities and their residents: they cool neighborhoods, filter pollution from the air, support biodiversity, and improve human well-being. But these benefits depend in part on the tree microbiome, which...

Owner:  American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fundación MAPFRE Celebrates 50 Years of Impact at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fundación MAPFRE marked its 50th anniversary with a special celebration at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston October 1, bringing together community leaders, local partners and distinguished guests to honor five decades of...

Owner:  Thomas Allen

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