WBUR's All Things ConsideredLocal content from WBUR's All Things Considered broadcastsCommunity behavioral health centers in Mass. see big demand for one-stop mental health careThe 26 centers, spread across Massachusetts, are part of a state initiative to increase access to mental health care.ResumeHealth07:01Feb 22, 2024Study: 42% of American adults know someone who died from an overdoseAn estimated 42% of adults in the U.S. — roughly 125 million people — know at least one person who has died of a drug overdose, according to a RAND...ResumeHealth03:55Feb 21, 2024Pregnant newcomers to Mass. can face hurdles when seeking careAs Massachusetts grapples with an increase in new immigration, medical care is one of the challenges. This is particularly true for people who are pregnant. Patients and medical teams report...ResumeHealth05:28Feb 15, 2024War in Gaza feels personal for some Mass. health care workersThe war has triggered a devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Hospitals have not been spared. Most are no longer functioning. For many doctors in the Boston area, this far-away conflict...ResumeHealth03:52Nov 21, 2023City of Boston removes tent encampment at 'Mass. and Cass'City officials said they had about 14 tents or similar structures to dismantle at the beginning of the day. At noon, a handful of people in the area remained without...ResumeHealth03:47Nov 1, 2023AdvertisementGov. Healey declares a state of emergency in overwhelmed family shelter systemMore than 5,500 households are in the state-run family shelter system, an all-time high. The rising number has been driven by an expensive housing market and an increase in newly...ResumeHealth04:49Aug 8, 2023Boston Medical Center ends policy that allows migrant families to shelter overnightFor over a year, the hospital let migrant families without housing sleep overnight. Now, citing safety concerns, BMC is barring the parents and children from staying and redirecting them elsewhere....ResumeHealth05:12Jul 11, 2023Patients, doctor say closing of Emerson Hospital addiction medication program worsens 'treatment desert'The program served a swath of suburban towns along the Route 2 corridor and rural towns in Middlesex County. Emerson Health says the program saw a "limited number" of patients,...ResumeHealth06:04Jun 8, 2023How a nonprofit moved 150 people from 'Mass. and Cass' into permanent housing, and is helping them stay thereEliot Community Human Services was tapped by the city to lead efforts to house people from the tent encampment near Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. ResumeHealth08:02Oct 19, 2022After leaving 'Mass. and Cass,' former Sox minor league pitcher has 'team' helping him toward recoveryMike Spinelli's addiction to opioids started more than 20 years ago, after he was injured while pitching for a Red Sox minor league team. He lived on the streets of...ResumeHealth08:23Oct 18, 2022Medical system in Mass. seeing a significant increase in asylum-seeking familiesMany of these families are showing up in emergency rooms around the Boston area in need of medical care and shelter. These new arrivals are distinct from the largely Venezuelan...ResumeHealth05:51Sep 15, 2022There’s still time to contain the monkeypox outbreak, doctors sayMassachusetts health care providers say they’re hopeful that a new strategy will help meet the soaring demand for monkeypox vaccines, even as cases continue to rise.ResumeHealth04:12Aug 17, 2022State lawmakers push to limit MassHealth's ability to recoup funds after members dieLegislation to rein in MassHealth estate recovery stalled in formal sessions. Sponsors are still hoping to get it passed this year.ResumeHealth06:00Aug 5, 2022Did your loved one die? MassHealth may bill their estateMedicaid requires states to recover nursing home and other long-term care costs subscribers incur after they turn 55. Massachusetts does that by filing claims against the estates of members who've...ResumeHealth09:14Jul 27, 2022Upset but 'ready,' local Planned Parenthood leader says group is prepared for post-Roe eraPresident and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts spoke with WBUR's All Things Considered about the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the implications for Massachusetts.ResumeHealth05:00Jun 24, 2022How the Supreme Court's abortion decision is reverberating across MassachusettsSome expressed horror, anger and sadness. Others, delight, relief and determination. ResumeHealth05:15Jun 24, 2022Mass. advocates work to get most out of ARPA funding to house people who are homelessThe state has targeted $150 million in federal pandemic relief funds to permanent supportive housing. A coalition of advocates and social service providers says the funding could go a long...ResumeHealth06:05Jun 2, 2022'They have to help us out': Mass. parents are feeling the nationwide formula shortageThe supply chain, a factory shutdown and increased demand: Here's why Massachusetts parents are worried about a formula shortage.ResumeHealth02:58May 13, 2022What the latest federal COVID-19 funding package could mean for Mass.Congress is considering a $10 billion package to fund the fight against COVID-19. Here is a look at what another injection of cash could mean for the pandemic response in...ResumeHealth05:01Apr 5, 2022Lawrence hospital chaplain reflects on pandemic's impact as Mass. approaches 20,000 COVID deathsRev. Thomas "Mac" McSweeney estimates he's made about 6,700 patient visits during the pandemic. For COVID patients, he sometimes has to pray for them through a window or door.ResumeHealth06:53Dec 22, 2021Next Page
Community behavioral health centers in Mass. see big demand for one-stop mental health careThe 26 centers, spread across Massachusetts, are part of a state initiative to increase access to mental health care.ResumeHealth07:01Feb 22, 2024
Study: 42% of American adults know someone who died from an overdoseAn estimated 42% of adults in the U.S. — roughly 125 million people — know at least one person who has died of a drug overdose, according to a RAND...ResumeHealth03:55Feb 21, 2024
Pregnant newcomers to Mass. can face hurdles when seeking careAs Massachusetts grapples with an increase in new immigration, medical care is one of the challenges. This is particularly true for people who are pregnant. Patients and medical teams report...ResumeHealth05:28Feb 15, 2024
War in Gaza feels personal for some Mass. health care workersThe war has triggered a devastating humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Hospitals have not been spared. Most are no longer functioning. For many doctors in the Boston area, this far-away conflict...ResumeHealth03:52Nov 21, 2023
City of Boston removes tent encampment at 'Mass. and Cass'City officials said they had about 14 tents or similar structures to dismantle at the beginning of the day. At noon, a handful of people in the area remained without...ResumeHealth03:47Nov 1, 2023
Gov. Healey declares a state of emergency in overwhelmed family shelter systemMore than 5,500 households are in the state-run family shelter system, an all-time high. The rising number has been driven by an expensive housing market and an increase in newly...ResumeHealth04:49Aug 8, 2023
Boston Medical Center ends policy that allows migrant families to shelter overnightFor over a year, the hospital let migrant families without housing sleep overnight. Now, citing safety concerns, BMC is barring the parents and children from staying and redirecting them elsewhere....ResumeHealth05:12Jul 11, 2023
Patients, doctor say closing of Emerson Hospital addiction medication program worsens 'treatment desert'The program served a swath of suburban towns along the Route 2 corridor and rural towns in Middlesex County. Emerson Health says the program saw a "limited number" of patients,...ResumeHealth06:04Jun 8, 2023
How a nonprofit moved 150 people from 'Mass. and Cass' into permanent housing, and is helping them stay thereEliot Community Human Services was tapped by the city to lead efforts to house people from the tent encampment near Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. ResumeHealth08:02Oct 19, 2022
After leaving 'Mass. and Cass,' former Sox minor league pitcher has 'team' helping him toward recoveryMike Spinelli's addiction to opioids started more than 20 years ago, after he was injured while pitching for a Red Sox minor league team. He lived on the streets of...ResumeHealth08:23Oct 18, 2022
Medical system in Mass. seeing a significant increase in asylum-seeking familiesMany of these families are showing up in emergency rooms around the Boston area in need of medical care and shelter. These new arrivals are distinct from the largely Venezuelan...ResumeHealth05:51Sep 15, 2022
There’s still time to contain the monkeypox outbreak, doctors sayMassachusetts health care providers say they’re hopeful that a new strategy will help meet the soaring demand for monkeypox vaccines, even as cases continue to rise.ResumeHealth04:12Aug 17, 2022
State lawmakers push to limit MassHealth's ability to recoup funds after members dieLegislation to rein in MassHealth estate recovery stalled in formal sessions. Sponsors are still hoping to get it passed this year.ResumeHealth06:00Aug 5, 2022
Did your loved one die? MassHealth may bill their estateMedicaid requires states to recover nursing home and other long-term care costs subscribers incur after they turn 55. Massachusetts does that by filing claims against the estates of members who've...ResumeHealth09:14Jul 27, 2022
Upset but 'ready,' local Planned Parenthood leader says group is prepared for post-Roe eraPresident and CEO of Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts spoke with WBUR's All Things Considered about the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and the implications for Massachusetts.ResumeHealth05:00Jun 24, 2022
How the Supreme Court's abortion decision is reverberating across MassachusettsSome expressed horror, anger and sadness. Others, delight, relief and determination. ResumeHealth05:15Jun 24, 2022
Mass. advocates work to get most out of ARPA funding to house people who are homelessThe state has targeted $150 million in federal pandemic relief funds to permanent supportive housing. A coalition of advocates and social service providers says the funding could go a long...ResumeHealth06:05Jun 2, 2022
'They have to help us out': Mass. parents are feeling the nationwide formula shortageThe supply chain, a factory shutdown and increased demand: Here's why Massachusetts parents are worried about a formula shortage.ResumeHealth02:58May 13, 2022
What the latest federal COVID-19 funding package could mean for Mass.Congress is considering a $10 billion package to fund the fight against COVID-19. Here is a look at what another injection of cash could mean for the pandemic response in...ResumeHealth05:01Apr 5, 2022
Lawrence hospital chaplain reflects on pandemic's impact as Mass. approaches 20,000 COVID deathsRev. Thomas "Mac" McSweeney estimates he's made about 6,700 patient visits during the pandemic. For COVID patients, he sometimes has to pray for them through a window or door.ResumeHealth06:53Dec 22, 2021