Author: James Noyes
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Pioneer Valley launches Safe Streets program to combat rising traffic crashes
PVPC-led plan will include roadway upgrades, data analysis, new public reporting tool The Pioneer Valley Planning Commission recently unveiled a new safety blueprint called Pioneer Valley Safe Streets that will involved 43 communities in Hampshire and Hampden counties. Credit: GAZETTE FILE PHOTO…
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Single-payer healthcare gains momentum in Massachusetts amid affordability crisis
As health costs climb, more communities are backing proposals for a statewide Medicare for All system Doctor with stethoscope isolated on white Credit: Zoonar/N.Okhitin The rising cost of healthcare continues to be a primary issue in modern America, and many people feel…
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State panel urges action on rising xylazine risks
Report calls for expanded treatment, better monitoring and coordinated education as dangerous drug spreads in Massachusetts Narcan nasal spray and packaging. Narcan may not always work when reversing an overdose due to the rising presence of the animal tranquilizer xylazine…
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Quabbin exhibit brings reservoir’s past, present to Statehouse
Photos by Ed Comeau and state archives highlight lost towns, modern landscape and region’s role in supplying Boston’s water The Quabbin Reservoir is 18 miles long and has a surface area of 24,529 acres, which is equivalent to almost 500…
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McGovern leads bipartisan effort to support, expand ‘food is medicine’ initiatives
Repeating the mantra that “food is medicine,” U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is leading a bipartisan effort urging congressional appropriators to make healthy food and good nutrition a core pillar of the nation’s health care system. “I believe that food is…
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Sen. Oliveira, advocates push cancer testing bill on Beacon Hill
BOSTON — Cancer survivors convened on Beacon Hill late last month to deliver emotional testimony alongside advocates and lawmakers, urging passage of bills to expand access to biomarker testing and patient navigation services as an estimated 43,000 Massachusetts residents are…
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Can Massachusetts implement universal health care?
An economic analysis released in February by the Massachusetts Campaign for single payer healthcare, or Mass-Care, offers some details. Rising health care costs and the federal government’s failure to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies has reinvigorated efforts to implement universal…