HEALTH

The Center for Human Development, which oversees a community outreach program called Innovative Care Partners, is attempting to put clients in touch with alternative services.

We visit the Connecticut Riverfront with Andrew Fisk of American Rivers to get a rundown of river health with combined sewer overflows, have Live Music Friday with local post-punk band Grammerhorn Wren, and take our latest Thunderdome to Tip Top Wine Shop.

Today on The Rundown, panelists discuss hidden blood tests for PCBs by the state, rural concerns of renewable energy projects, how changes with the U.S. EPA impacts western Mass., and find out what pee-cycling is.

U.S Representative Richard Neal called Wednesday's Supreme Court decision to roll back parts of the Voting Rights Act "a step back," but said it remains to be seen how it could impact the midterm elections this fall.

Baystate Health, which operates its flagship hospital in Springfield, is acquiring the city's other hospital, Mercy Medical Center.

UMass Amherst economists found there's an uptick in patent applications among states with legal recreational pot, but federal research restrictions still make clinical trials hard to do.

The price of kitchen staples like eggs, milk and cheese as well as prices for meats have soared since the pandemic. So is it possible to eat affordable, healthy food that’s also good for the climate?

Runners in Monday's Boston Marathon have trained physically for months, and many count on a positive mindset to get through the course. That's the same for some western Massachusetts 3rd-8th graders, participating in a 5K race later this spring.

The 6th Annual Massachusetts Food Access Report finds that food insecurity has doubled since 2019

Massachusetts's only freestanding birth center for low-risk deliveries in is in danger of shuttering, a senator from Northampton recently alerted the state's top public health official.