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Former superintendent of Holyoke Soldiers Home, Bennett Walsh, and former medical director, Dr. David Clinton, separately changed their pleas from not guilty. They each submitted that there were sufficient facts to warrant a guilty finding. They did not plead guilty, however.
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Massachusetts está asegurando que las familias que no hablan principalmente inglés accedan a beneficios de permiso familiar y médico pagado, PFML por sus siglas en inglés, con servicios disponibles en español, portugués, chino, criollo hatiano y más.
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Massachusetts is making it easier for families who do not primarily speak English, to access paid family leave benefits, with services available in Spanish, Portuguese, Chines, Hatian-Creole and more.
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Researchers have found almost 150 new genetic markers, which help pinpoint diabetes risks.
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An estimated 31 million Americans are covered by the plans nationally, including about 1.4 million people in Massachusetts.
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The 26 centers, spread across Massachusetts, are part of a state initiative to increase access to mental health care.
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health said a cancer study of communities near the Housatonic River will be completed sometime this year.
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The Massachusetts state senate will vote on passing a bill that will update the state's guidelines for sexual education for the first time since 1999. Under the bill, sexual health programs would have to include quote medically accurate and age appropriate information.
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An estimated 42% of adults in the U.S. — roughly 125 million people — know at least one person who has died of a drug overdose, according to a RAND Corporation study published Wednesday that demonstrates the sweeping effects of America’s drug overdose crisis.
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While many aspects of primary care have improved since 2019, a statewide survey shows that access has gotten worse since the pandemic began.