Governor Deval Patrick today joined legislators and family members to sign Senate Bill 2132, “An Act Relative to Medical Emergency Response Plans for Schools.” Local school districts will now be required to develop efficient written medical response plans to be better prepared to respond to life-threatening emergencies. The legislation, also known as “Michael’s Law” was [...]
Blue Cross-Blue Shield re-filed its base rate increases for the 3rd quarter, cutting its increase for its HMO from 1.2 percent to 0.2 percent and the increase for its non-HMO product from 2.7 percent to 1.4 percent, the Massachusetts Division of Insurance announced today. This cut by the largest health insurers in Massachusetts dropped the [...]
Grants from the Affordable Care Act will help build and expand health centers, create jobs, and expand access to an additional 860,000 patients nationwide Today Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $33,716,628 in grants awarded to community health centers in Massachusetts due to the new health care law – the Affordable Care Act. [...]
Governor Deval Patrick signed S.2158, “An Act Increasing Screening For HIV,” which removes barriers for patients to get HIV screening, while maintaining all confidentiality protections. “This bill will lead to more lives being saved,” said Governor Patrick. “By removing barriers to screening, we will continue to decrease rates of HIV in our communities.” S.2158 removes [...]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island’s first lady is kicking off a physical fitness competition. Stephanie Chafee will launch the “Physical Activity Challenge” at the Statehouse on Monday. Participants plan to log their daily exercise minutes and daily steps from April 16 to May 20. Prizes will be given to winning participants after the program [...]
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The House passed the bill last month 162-161 with Republican House Speaker William O’Brien abstaining from voting, which allowed the bill to move to the Senate. A first offense would be a violation punishable by a $250 fine. The second would be $500. Subsequent offenses would be misdemeanors subject to a [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle of the bulge has been a big, fat failure for U.S. drugmakers. But that hasn’t stopped them from trying. For nearly a century, scientists have struggled to make a diet pill that helps people lose weight without side effects that range from embarrassing digestive issues to dangerous heart problems. Just [...]
Governor Deval Patrick today signed House Bill 3815, “An Act Relative to Enhancing the Practice of Nurse-Midwives.” The legislation authorizes nurse-midwives to issue written prescriptions and order and interpret tests and therapeutics, expanding access to nurse-midwifery care for more women in the Commonwealth. “I am proud to sign this bill that recognizes the growing trend [...]
Boston’s financial community will host its 2nd annual Invest in a Cure event, an evening of networking, fun and philanthropy on February 2, 2012 at Petit Robert Central in Downtown Crossing. The event host committee is comprised of over twenty representatives from the city’s financial firms, and represents a larger effort by the nation’s financial [...]
Move over family history and traumatic experience, here comes another piece in the mental illness puzzle. A recent Boston University study suggests that exposure to a common drinking water contaminant in the womb and during early childhood could lead to heightened risk for bipolar and post traumatic stress disorders. From the late 1960s to the [...]
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