A new long COVID study shows that a persistent infection could explain why some people experience long-haul symptoms, according to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.
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Car stuck under school bus in morning crash
Fire and EMS personnel needed to use the Jaws of Life to extract the driver of a vehicle that had collided with the back of a school bus on Summer Street Thursday morning. Police say that no occupants of the school bus, which had only 6-7 students on board in addition to the driver, were […]
The brilliant Northern Lights seen across Massachusetts: ‘Aurora alert!’
The brilliant Northern Lights seen across Massachusetts: ‘Aurora alert!’
More than decade-old sexual assault case in Acton concludes with 15-year sentence for Lunenburg man
ACTON — After more than a decade, justice has finally been served for the victim of a brutal sexual assault in Acton.
Massachusetts Department of Correction hit with lawsuit alleging brutal violence against inmates
Plaintiffs allege a 2020 “Retaliatory Force Campaign” at Souza-Baranowski prison “consisted of officers attacking more than 100 prisoners using extreme, malicious, and cruel methods of force designed not to restore order, but to inflict pain, fear, and trauma.”
Editorial: Will hospitals’ dire financial state move lawmakers to act?
The financial collapse of Steward Health Care, which has dominated the headlines over the past several months, has overshadowed the operating struggles experienced by several other of the state’s medical facilities. That “deeply troubling trend” emerged from new financial data released by a state agency, which found that more than half of acute-care hospitals in […]