HEALTH

Dr. Laura Westafer, an ER doctor at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, said there is limited data on the transgender and nonbinary community in the medical field.

The law enforcement effort comes as opioid overdose rates are again spiking in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.

Many transgender and nonbinary people say they feel left out of the conversation on abortion access and reproductive rights.

The veterans medical center in Leeds, Massachusetts, had been recommended for closure in a March federal report, sparking anxiety and protests.

Trinity Health Of New England, which oversees Mercy, is also making the online breastfeeding support available at two other hospitals in Hartford and Waterbury, Connecticut.

Government loans and grants are meant to support food retailers as rising retail prices and supply chain pressures put strain on businesses.

Abortion in Massachusetts and the rest of New England is likely to remain legal. In Massachusetts, abortion is legal through 24 weeks of pregnancy, under state law.

Donald Stern, a former U.S. attorney in Massachusetts, is the court-appointed claims administrator in charge of dispersing the $56 million settlement among residents of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home who contracted and suffered from COVID-19.

State lawmakers are working on a raft of proposals to preserve and even expand access to abortion in Massachusetts, anticipating that the Supreme Court could soon limit people's right to the procedure.

Following a CDC recommendation, Massachusetts is now allowing children ages 6 months to 4 years to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.