HOSPITALS

The outgoing Baker administration announced a "roadmap for behavioral health reform," which includes 25 new mental health centers and a 24/7 help line.

Although the nature of mental illness makes precision medicine challenging, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital are hoping to jumpstart the field.

In early January, hospitals run by Baystate Health had as many as 320 patients testing positive for COVID-19. Midweek, that number was down to just 39.

Researchers from UMass and Baystate Medical Center compared those who did — and did not — receive buprenorphine after their release.

Preliminary findings from a new study in southern California show that the COVID-19 omicron variant causes less severe disease than other variants. Connecticut health providers say that aligns with the kinds of cases they are seeing in local hospitals.

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center is suing Hartford HealthCare and its subsidiaries, including Hartford Hospital, claiming that it is trying to create a monopoly on hospital services by acquiring physician networks.

Massachusetts now has more COVID-19 patients hospitalized than at any point since May 2020, surpassing the tally of patients during last winter's surge.

Baystate Medical Center in Springfield says the hospital is not equipped for the extra traffic.

The Massachusetts Nurses Association announced the vote Monday night, saying the agreement with Tenet Healthcare came after two weeks of discussions with federal mediators and was settled at an in-person session mediated by U.S. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.

As the COVID-19 omicron variant sweeps through Connecticut, health providers and hospitals are preparing for surges in the coming weeks. But officials say they have tools that are keeping fewer people in the hospital, compared to this time last year.