Days after learning it had recorded the state’s first human case of EEE in four years, a town outside of Worcester has recommended sports practices be held outside of evening hours and moved indoors if possible.
Health care
Editorial: Most vulnerable maternal-health bill’s beneficiaries
As we had hoped, something positive did result from the closing of Leominster Hospital’s maternity ward. UMass Memorial Health’s unwavering decision to close that vital birthing unit last September sent a clear signal to Beacon Hill that the state needs more leverage to bear in these situations. And that can only happen through the Legislature, […]
Officials, residents and NVMC staff sound off on hospital closure during DPH hearing
DEVENS — Dozens of residents, elected officials, first responders and hospital staff sounded off on Steward Health Care and Gov. Maura Healey in a public hearing by the state Department of Public Health regarding the impending closure of Nashoba Valley Medical Center.
Warren, Markey push private equity firm Apollo to ‘act quickly’ in sales of Steward hospitals
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey are fixing on a new target in the Steward Health bankruptcy crisis, pushing affiliated private equity giant Apollo Global Management as the key “fulcrum economic stakeholder” in desperate efforts to sell the remaining Massachusetts hospitals.
Senate approves maternal health bill
BOSTON — The Senate on Tuesday night passed an omnibus maternal health care package that expands care options and creates a path for certified professional midwives to become licensed. The Senate bill, which is similar to legislation the House passed last month, would also remove barriers to establishing free-standing birth centers, boost access to postpartum […]
‘Callous, corporate greed’: Officials call out Steward Health Care after announced hospital closures
AYER — In a packed and lively Town Hall Tuesday morning, state and local officials decried the announcement by Steward Health Care last week that the company would be closing Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer and Carney Hospital in Dorchester amid the company’s ongoing financial crisis.
