A confirmed case of the tick-borne Powassan virus has been reported in Massachusetts, according to officials who are warning residents to take precautions against the disease.
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Coward! Steward Health CEO dodges Senate hearing
A chair for Steward Health CEO Ralph de la Torre was notably vacant during the Senate’s hearing on the catastrophic financial mismanagement of the company’s Massachusetts hospitals and growing precarious role of private equity in healthcare Wednesday.
The Massachusetts man who received a pig kidney transplant discharged from MGH: ‘One of the happiest moments of my life’
The Weymouth man who received the world’s first successful transplant of a genetically-edited pig kidney has been discharged from Massachusetts General Hospital.
Steward hospitals crisis has state leaders on the hunt for legislative solutions
With a host of Massachusetts hospitals and communities’ accessible health care put at risk by Steward Health System’s financial mismanagement, state policymakers are starting to assess the threat of profit-driven models in healthcare and how the issue may be legislatively addressed.
World’s First: Mass General transplants pig kidney into a 62-year-old Weymouth man
Mass General announced the world’s first successful transplant today of a genetically edited pig kidney into a 62-year-old Weymouth man living with end-stage kidney disease.
A promising glioblastoma clinical trial: Mass General cancer researchers say tumors dramatically shrunk
A new glioblastoma study out of Mass General is providing a glimmer of hope for those battling the aggressive and fast-growing brain tumor.
