Opioid deaths fall below 1,000 for first year since 2013
Massachusetts Department of Public Health says the declining trend mirrors data unfolding nationally.
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State and local officials are encouraging potentially at-risk individuals to take the mpox vaccine amid an uptick in cases nationwide and in Boston. The city will hold a vaccine clinic...
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The public health game plan behind World Cup matches in Massachusetts
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State lowers cap on some patient health care cost increases
Gov. Maura Healey's office announced a plan Monday to restrict the growth of some health insurance deductibles, copays and other out-of-pocket costs. The restriction, which will go into effect in...
Healey axes insurance sign-offs for some medical care, citing delays for patients
Massachusetts residents who need cancer screenings, diabetes medications and other essential care will soon face shorter waits for care, Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday.
Cruise ship passenger from Boston making best of quarantine after hantavirus outbreak
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Two N.H. residents traveled aboard cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak
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In Boston, doctors try a dose of nature as medicine
Doctors spend years becoming experts in how the body works, how it can break down and how to recognize and treat various illnesses. Their training rarely involves what’s known as...
How it's made: Our interactive asking chatbots mental health scenarios
For our series "AI in the doctor's office," WBUR created an interactive that replicates the experience of a new user asking AI chatbots mental health questions. It then shows what...
Test how AI chatbots answer mental health questions — and how therapists think they did
Experience hypothetical mental health conversations with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Then, read takeaways from Boston-area therapists on what was good or bad about the chatbots' responses.