MEDICINE

Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, we discuss Baystate Health’s giant job cut, the rise in counterfeit pills and need for methadone access, and how Springfield is working to increase digital access for its residents.

Supporters of a November ballot question to legalize the use and possession of some psychedelic substances in Massachusetts kicked off their campaign Tuesday in Springfield. Opponents are also beginning to make their case.

Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists discuss the Republican National Convention, a new mobile methadone clinic in nursing homes, grim allegations of patient maltreatment in western Massachusetts, and the latest on the MIFA Victory Theater restoration project.

This week on The Rundown, panelists discuss ongoing tensions in the Springfield School District as disparaging remarks made by outgoing superintendent circulate on social media, how an ex-cryptocurrency executive and convicted felon has impacted real estate in Lenox, the latest results in UMass Amherst public opinion polling, and much more.

Panelists discuss the new North Adams Regional Hospital, PFAS manufacturers under legal fire for environmental contamination, the upcoming eclipse, and more reporting highlights from the NENC.

We meet the director of Volunteers in Medicine and chat about their mission to provide care to those ineligible for insurance, hang out at a practice for one of the few high school girls ice hockey teams in western Mass with the Longmeadow Lancers, and Mr. Universe gets into another theory about the origins of black holes.

We talk with Dr. Khama Ennis about the challenges and triumphs of Black women in the medical field, chat with Larry Spotted Crow Mann about Indigenous stories in children's literature, and talk adjectives with wordster Emily Brewster.

We bring Dr. Andrew Lam to talk about his latest book, Pizza Quest V visits Magpie in Greenfield, and Mr. Universe talks about ISRO and their successful launch this weekend.

Massachusetts' Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh says the federally required process of checking the insurance eligibility of Massachusetts residents is difficult and a lot more hands-on than expected.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled that the state constitution does not protect a doctor who prescribes medication to help a terminally ill person die.