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Proposed health equity legislation aims to decrease disparities across Massachusetts

A sweeping omnibus bill at the State House would target widespread health reform across the state, looking to change how the public and private entities across the state approach health care access, insurance and workforce.

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| Telegram & Gazette | Human Interest, In the Media

Ticks are more active and biting earlier this year. Here are the details

The number of ticks in Massachusetts is increasing, according to some experts, and that means the risk of catching a serious disease is rising. "Ticks are more active, and they're biting earlier," said Dr. Sandeep Jubbal, an infectious disease physician at UMass Memorial Health.
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| People Magazine | Human Interest, In the Community, In the Media

9-Year-Old Girl with Devastating Skin Disorder Lives in Pain: 'I Can't Play on the Playground'

Nine-year-old Tayma Salim loves drawing flowers, playing with her brother, Arslan, and the color pink. But unlike other kids her age, summer doesn’t mean days splashing in a pool or running barefoot outside — it would cause her immense pain, her mom Zineb Laalej tells PEOPLE.

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| Boston Globe | Funding/Grants, Human Interest, In the Community, In the Media, Legislation

‘A blunt force axe’: Mass. Democrats warn of harm to hospitals, health care under Trump budget proposal

The Republican budget bill that passed the House last week would cause health care chaos and a massive transfer of wealth to the rich, Massachusetts’ leading Democrats argued Tuesday as the party mobilized a nationwide bid to derail the legislation.

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| Telegram & Gazette | Human Interest

'I feel like it made our bond more special': Meg Dumais, daughter Addie Lacaire continue inspirational drive in Bedrock women's golf league

Mother’s Day is an emotional time for Meg Dumais. The day after Mother’s Day 14 years ago, she found out that her daughter, Addie Lacaire, a little more than 10 months old at the time, had brain cancer.

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| State House News Service | In the Community, In the Media, Patient Care

Care delivery changes reshaping hospital landscape

The splintering of Steward Health Care last year resulted in the transfer of six hospital campuses, the closure of two others, and a reshaping of the state's health care world.

I grew up working in hospitals. I love hospitals. I hate to see them close. The sad fact is, across our country, there are 1,300 critical access hospitals -- there's one in Massachusetts, in Athol -- and a third of those hospitals were projected to close.

Kate Walsh | Health and Human Services Secretary
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