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CVS and Google Cloud to launch Health100, an AI-powered health platform
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (409+ words) WOONSOCKET, R.I. " CVS Health and Google Cloud have teamed up and will soon launch Health100, a free AI-powered digital platform that acts like a personal health assistant for consumers. Health100, which will be made public sometime this year, will use agentic AI and…...
Centurion expected to finalize purchase of two R.I. struggling hospitals from Prospect Medical
5+ hour, 48+ min ago (558+ words) PROVIDENCE " After years of delays, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha's office confirmed that the nonprofit Centurion Foundation is expected to finalize the purchase of two struggling hospitals in Rhode Island from their bankrupt corporate owner on Friday. Centurion has…...
‘Spring into Safety’: When you change your clocks, check your smoke alarms.
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (355+ words) With daylight saving time starting early Sunday, the state Fire Marshal's office is reminding people to check their smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. "Smoke and CO alarms save lives, but only if they're working properly," Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said…...
How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health
12+ hour, 9+ min ago (572+ words) WASHINGTON " Most of America "springs forward" Sunday for daylight saving time. Losing that hour of sleep can do more than leave you tired and cranky the next day; it also could harm your health. Darker mornings and more evening light…...
Trump’s Tylenol warning about autism led to a drop in orders for pregnant women
23+ hour, 5+ min ago (832+ words) When President Donald Trump offers medical advice, Americans listen " even when the evidence behind that advice is thin, suggests a new study by Brown and Harvard researchers. While a few preliminary studies have found that leucovorin, a form of folic…...
Health care premium hikes will weigh on public budgets, workers
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (715+ words) Thousands of public employees will see an average premium increase of 7.5 percent in the coming fiscal year under rate changes that state health plan overseers approved Thursday, with open enrollment just a little under a month away. The Group Insurance…...
Beth Israel CEO reflects on 15-year tenure marked by Boston Marathon bombings, pandemic, and a mega hospital merger
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (678+ words) Dr. Kevin Tabb's 15-year tenure as a hospital CEO feels like something out of a television medical drama. Tabb, who on Wednesday announced he will leave his role as CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health in a year, was in…...
‘It was really awkward for me.’ Mass. taps users, advocates to help make painful budget cuts.
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1173+ words) It's the kind of budget cut that draws outrage: rollbacks to a 50-year-old program that enables tens of thousands of Massachusetts seniors and people with disabilities to live independently. But this time, the reductions didn't come from politicians or bureaucrats....
After flu vaccine hiccups, potential $2.25 billion settlement, where does Moderna go from here?
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1035+ words) Just over two months into 2026, Moderna has weathered a number of regulatory and financial storms that could have proven catastrophic. Moderna, which was already financially struggling, announced Tuesday it will pay $950 million, and ultimately up to $2.25 billion, to two biotechs…...
Surgery centers welcome push for health system reform
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (360+ words) Opinion | Surgery centers welcome push for health system reform'The Boston Globe Surgery centers welcome push for health system reform Re "End the policies that protect hospital monopolies" (Opinion, Feb. 23): Dr. Ashish K. Jha and Thomas C. Tsai's opinion piece was right on…...