The planet is on fire, and climate change is at our doorstep. The air we breathe and the water we drink contain pathogens and dangerous chemicals. Marginalized communities are often left out of public square discussions about our collective health and welfare. Researchers and social ...
Toward the end of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bravura performance in a ballroom at the Boston Park Plaza on Wednesday, an alarm bell sounded and a robotic female voice announced “a report of an emergency in this building.” The crowd, 2,000 strong, on hand to hear Kennedy formally declare his ...
Low, leaden clouds overhead that Friday morning 158 years ago this month set a somber tone. A locomotive chugged out of Washington railroad depot at precisely 8 a.m. It took two hours to reach Baltimore, just 40 miles away. The little train wasn’t allowed to travel faster than 20 miles per ...
One of the reasons the Medicare Part D Program was created several decades ago was to ensure that seniors could access and afford healthcare, considering that they are disproportionately affected by serious health conditions that warrant more medical attention. Despite knowing that older ...
The nation’s top health insurers — UnitedHealthcare, Cigna and Aetna — announced recently that they would cut their use of prior authorizations for treatment. It would be great news, if true. They constantly strong-arm us, our staff and our patients. We devote hours — hours that ...
Like Bob Dylan’s never ending tour back before the pandemic, Gov. Chris Sununu has embarked on his own never ending tour of national television and cable news studios as well as the usual must attend stops — or cattle calls — for presidential wannabes. Friday he was a featured speaker, ...
