Harvard Study: Mass. Health Reform Law Lowered Death Rates
Harvard researchers estimate that Massachusetts health reform law has prevented some 320 deaths per year or, one life saved for each 830 people gaining coverage.
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Harvard researchers estimate that Massachusetts health reform law has prevented some 320 deaths per year or, one life saved for each 830 people gaining coverage.
Harvard University police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a graduate student at the school.
Researchers found that the most gender expressive teens were more ikely to engage in cancer risk behaviors.
Scientists at Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital have found marijuana is bad for the brain.
The State Department has issued a worldwide caution, saying al-Qaeda wants to kidnap Americans and other westerners in an effort to get ransom money to finance terror plots.
A stripped down version of a well-traveled bridge is raising some commuters' concerns, despite assurances from highway officials.
A Harvard University professor says scientific tests suggest a controversial fragment of papyrus mentioning Jesus had a wife is more likely an ancient document than a forgery.
The 50-page report released Thursday by Harvard University says the response to the April 15 explosions that killed three people was the result of "years of investment of time and hard work by people across multiple jurisdictions."
Fourth-seeded Michigan State fended off a wild Harvard rally Saturday for an 80-73 victory in the NCAA tournament.
Siyani Chambers scored 11 points, including five straight in the final two minutes, and 12th-seeded Harvard won its second NCAA tournament game in history, upsetting Cincinnati 61-57 Thursday.
With Steve Donahue out at BC the search starts for the next man in charge of the basketball team, and Joe Sullivan of the Boston Globe thinks the university won't have to look very far to find him.
The universe was born almost 14 billion years ago, exploding into existence in an event called the Big Bang. Now researchers say they've spotted evidence that a split-second later, the expansion of the cosmos began with a powerful jump-start.
Harvard is making its third straight trip to the tournament after winning the Ivy League.
In the major conferences, Florida completed an undefeated regular season in the SEC and Cincinnati and Louisville tied atop the American.
Siyani Chambers scored 17 points and Harvard became the first team to clinch a berth in this year's NCAA tournament with a 70-58 win over Yale.
Organizers of the South Boston St. Patrick's Day parade have revoked their invitation to a gay rights advocacy group to march with them on March 16.
A small Catholic school in Harvard, Massachusetts has pulled out of the South Boston Saint Patrick's Day Parade because a gay rights advocacy group will be marching this month.
A student has died and other students have been injured in a traffic accident in New Jersey.
Harvard may have won the hockey game, but Dartmouth won the Twitter war on Friday night in Allston after the zamboni broke down.
Four-time defending champion Boston College held off archrival Boston University 3-1 Monday night
An 18th-century Chinese incense burner was returned to Harvard on Tuesday, 35 years after it disappeared from a university art museum.
Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren has been named woman of the year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
If it seems as though the attractive people in your office get all the breaks, it may not be your imagination.
Harvard University evacuated four buildings on campus Monday morning after receiving unconfirmed reports of explosives.
Several school districts in Massachusetts have delayed the start of classes for Friday, March 6 because of a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow.
One person has been recovered, and a search is underway for a missing man after the fishing vessel Yankee Rose capsized off Provincetown.
Brides across the country, including several in Massachusetts, are scrambling after a popular wedding photography company suddenly went bankrupt.
A tiny owl has become an internet sensation after being found injured in a driveway in Medford, Massachusetts.
Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens are scrambling to find a way back home from the Middle East.
One person has been recovered, and a search is underway for a missing man after the fishing vessel Yankee Rose capsized off Provincetown.
Several school districts in Massachusetts have delayed the start of classes for Friday, March 6 because of a mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow.
The greatest impacts and most treacherous travel will occur between 9 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday.
The man whose body parts were found in a Massachusetts pond has been identified as a convicted felon.
Jayson Tatum could make his season debut Friday night. The Celtics upgraded him to questionable Thursday.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Two Massachusetts residents have been diagnosed with measles, the Department of Public Health confirmed Friday.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Flu cases are rising rapidly, especially among kids in Boston, where hospitalizations of children under five have increased 150% over the last two weeks.
In the last four years there were 168 threats made against trial court judges in Massachusetts, according to state records.
A former staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage student's arm.
The ads for the Find Mass Money website in Massachusetts make it seem easy. But one couple struggled to get their $11,000.
Four Massachusetts State Police instructors have been charged following an investigation into the 2024 death of state police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
After I-Team reports about a Foxboro woman's frustration with her GE gas range, the company has agreed to give her a refund.
Both the Trump and Healey administrations are using government websites to blame each other for the shutdown.
Which party stands to take more of the blame from voters for the government shutdown? Here's what a new poll says.
A UNH Survey Center/Granite State poll shows John Sununu crushing Scott Brown by 23 points among likely primary voters in New Hampshire.
Seth Moulton said he's running against Sen. Ed Markey because "our party leaders are clinging to that old playbook."
Maine Governor Janet Mills' run for Senate comes with an unusual promise - she will only serve one six-year term.
The restaurants at View Boston are closing this spring.
Uno Pizzeria and Not Your Average Joe's are closing more restaurants in Massachusetts.
Kowloon is expected to draw big crowds to Revere, Massachusetts when it opens a new tiki bar.
Two more movie theater chains are closing locations in Massachusetts. Experts say megaplexes need to make major changes.
The Neiman Marcus store at Copley Place in Boston is closing, Saks Global announced.
Just steps from the water's edge along Lake Winnipesaukee, a spectacular estate mixes modern architecture with breathtaking views.
An innovative craft winery located in downtown Meredith, New Hampshire, Hermit Woods is taking a different approach to winemaking.
Located on the water's edge along New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee, Mill Falls blends elegant luxury with spectacular vistas.
Kohler Store by Supply New England and an interior designer showcases how beauty and functionality can breathe new life into a project.
James Beard-nominated pastry chef and co-founder of Bakey in Boston gives insight on how to make his world-famous babka.
Jayson Tatum could make his season debut with the Boston Celtics Friday night. The Celtics upgraded Tatum to questionable Thursday.
The Boston Fleet has sold out their first game at TD Garden, the team announced Thursday
The Charlotte Hornets extended their win streak to six games with a 118-89 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.
The New England Patriots are set to release star wide receiver Stefon Diggs, according to reports.
Marat Khusnutdinov and Casey Mittelstadt scored less than a minute apart early in the first period and the Boston Bruins held on for a 2-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night.
Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.
The MSPCA-Angell is looking to find homes for 163 rats that were surrendered in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
Snowmobilers came to the rescue of a moose that was buried up to its neck in snow off a New England trail on Tuesday.
Raising Cane's claims a Boston landlord has threatened to evict one of its locations in the Back Bay because the restaurant "smells like chicken fingers."