Health care

Americans can start signing up Friday for health care coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act marketplace for 2025.

Lindsay Pfeffer was in the backyard with her children when her son was bitten by a rattlesnake and needed antivenom medicine. Then the bills came.

Some families with private insurance have been left behind by the major health care reforms of the last few years, putting them at risk of high medical bills after having babies.

Nurses voted nearly unanimously Tuesday to authorize a one-day strike at Newton-Wellesley Hospital amid an ongoing contract dispute, their union said.

Walmart will start delivering medications in six states, but it plans to offer prescription delivery in nearly every state by the end of January.

Three midwestern states are trying to restrict access to the abortion drug mifepristone across the United States in a recently filed amended lawsuit targeting so-called shield states like Massachusetts. The complaint challenges the ability of telehealth providers to dispense the drug through the mail to patients and makes it illegal for minors. Local reproductive health experts told NBC10 Boston Monday…

Three midwestern states are trying to restrict access to mifepristone across the country, arguing in court that shield states like Massachusetts shouldn’t be allowed to ship abortion pills to states with abortion bans.

Mass General Brigham is no longer delaying non-emergency procedures due to a shortage of intravenous fluids, but said rationing is continuing.

President Joe Biden is coming back to New Hampshire on Tuesday. Biden is set to give a speech in Concord on his administration’s efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs, the White House said. They didn’t share more specifics. When Biden was last in New Hampshire, in May, he was still the Democratic candidate for president. He also...

As open enrollment kicks off, employees should weigh what their employer is offering in the way of benefits and what it will cost.

For many patients, these medications have been life changing, or even lifesaving. Getting their hands on them, however, can be another experience entirely.

From life-saving cancer treatments to common antibiotics, over 300 medications are currently in short supply.

Four years after severe flooding shut down Norwood Hospital, the bankruptcy of Steward Health Care has led to a closure notice.

Steward Health Care filed notice in bankruptcy court that Norwood Hospital, and its still-operating clinics, will soon officially close.

Dentists say unlicensed practitioners offering cheap dental veneers are putting patients at risk.

Mass General Brigham’s hospitals are working to conserve IV fluid while a North Carolina manufacturing plant works to get back online after it was damaged in Hurricane Helene.

Hospitals have been warned to prepare for an IV fluid shortage as the country continues to grapple with the impacts of Hurricane Helene, officials from Mass General Brigham said Thursday. The issue stems from damage to a North Carolina facility owned by Baxter International Inc., a company that provides 60% of IV fluids and other medical fluids for the country,…

New operators have taken over at six former Steward medical centers in Massachusetts, and Gov. Maura Healey is calling the transition “a new chapter for health care” in the Bay State. Boston Medical Center has taken over at Good Samaritan in Brockton and St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton. Lawrence General Hospital is now operating both campuses of Holy Family, in...

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute said Monday it has closed its largest-ever capital campaign, raising $2.5 billion over seven years.

Several Massachusetts hospitals are changing hands this week, and the CEO of Steward is expected to officially step down on Tuesday.

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