Baystate Health is required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General (AGO) to conduct a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) every three years and ...

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Dr. Jessica Shepherd, chief medical officer for Hers, joins ABC News Live to discuss the rapidly rising flu cases. The team found that the percentage of children who received the MMR vaccine on time ...

When food prices skyrocket during an economic crisis, it is primarily urban populations and people with low levels of education who are affected. This can have lifelong negative health ...

January 1, 2026 • The new year is a time to set goals. But daily life often gets in the way of meeting our ambitions. NPR’s Life Kit podcast host Marielle Segarra give us some practical, daily life ...

What Are the Types of Health Insurance Plans? Health insurance companies offer multiple types of benefit designs, which affect where you can get care, how much you’ll pay and whether you need a ...

January 5, 2026 • In the U.S., hunger is often hidden away. It looks nothing like the stereotype of a famine happening overseas. But the physical impacts on health and the psychological scars can last ...

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Dec. 31, 2025 A major update to how obesity is defined could push U.S. obesity rates to nearly 70%, according to a large new study. The change comes from adding waist and body fat measurements to BMI, ...

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