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Woman visiting Arizona hit with steep medical bill after bat flew into her mouth
FOX 10 Phoenix - Arizona
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A Massachusetts woman got more than she bargained during her trip to Arizona. During her trip, a bat flew into her mouth, but that was just the beginning of her problems. FOX 10's Nicole Krasean has more. PHOENIX - A Massachusetts woman got more...
Southcoast Health announces 2025 EMS Support Grant Program awardees
Providence Business News - Rhode Island
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August 4, 2025
TIVERTON – Representatives from seven municipal emergency medical service organizations recently gathered at St. Luke’s Hospital to be recognized as the first grant recipients from Southcoast Health’s EMS Support Grant Program. The program was...
Girls from Gaza arrive at Boston airport for medical treatment in US
NECN - Massachusetts
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It was an emotional afternoon at Boston Logan International Airport on Sunday as a crowd of supporters and volunteers welcomed three Palestinian girls from Gaza, who are arriving in the United States to receive urgent medical treatment. There were...
2 critically injured Palestinian girls arrive in Boston for treatment
WDHD 7 - Massachusetts
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August 4, 2025
BOSTON (WHDH) - Two critically injured Palestinian girls from Gaza arrived in Boston on Sunday to receive medical treatment thanks to the nonprofit Heal Palestine. The 12-year-old and 14-year-old arrived at Boston’s Logan Airport to a small crowd...
Capital Health offers wearable levodopa pump therapy for advanced Parkinson's disease
Mercer Times - New Jersey
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August 3, 2025
Al Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE President & Chief Executive Officer | Capital Health System (Fuld Campus), TrentonAl Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE President & Chief Executive Officer | Capital Health System (Fuld Campus), Trenton Parkinson’s disease is a motor...
Woman Learns Hard Way: Keep Your Mouth Shut on Vacation, Unless You Want a Bat and a $20K Medical Bill
Twitchy
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August 3, 2025
There is a line that goes something like 'even a fish would get in less trouble if it kept its mouth closed' and a woman on vacation learned that lesson all too well. Buckle up because this one will make you not want to leave your house....
Announcing The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics
EurekAlert!
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A new report published in The Lancet issues a fresh clarion call: plastic pollution is a grave and growing danger to human and planetary health. As Ministers and diplomats arrive in Geneva for the final round of talks to conclude a global plastics...
Three Palestinian girls land in Boston seeking urgent medical care
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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As soon as Rahaf Aldalou, 14, came out of the international gates at Logan International Airport Sunday afternoon, her aunt Najat Al Qatta was ready to embrace her. It had been more than a year since the two had seen each other. “There are no...
The Lancet Countdown on Health and Plastics to track impact of plastic production and pollution on human health
EurekAlert!
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Chestnut Hill, Mass. (8/4/2025) – With the latest round of negotiations to finalize a United Nations global plastics treaty set to begin, a group of international researchers, writing in the most recent edition of The Lancet, have called for...
Body found floating near N.H. identified as Boston man, death not considered suspicious
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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August 4, 2025
Local News By Sana Muneer August 3, 2025 1 minute to read Share Close Send this article to your social connections. Share Send this article to your social connections. A body floating near New Hampshire July 13 was identified on Saturday as a...
Cardiac Rehabilitation Improved Prognosis, Mental Health Outcomes
The American Journal of Managed Care
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August 3, 2025
Cardiac rehabilitation is a valuable tool in the recovery of those with cardiac conditions across the spectrum. Posters presented at ASPC 2025 Congress on Cardiac Prevention, held in Boston from August 1 to August 3, 2025, confirm the utility of...
“I’ve Been to Some Very Dark Places”: Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown Candidly Shares Mental Health Struggles
The Times of India
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Jaylen Brown comments on his mental health (Image via Imagn) Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has long stood out for his explosive game and thoughtful demeanor, but it’s his recent openness about his battle with anxiety and depression that has...
World in $1.5tn ‘plastics crisis’ hitting health from infancy to old age, report warns
The Guardian
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August 3, 2025
Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health, a new expert review has warned. The world is in a “plastics crisis”, it concluded, which is causing disease and death from infancy to old age and is...
Young Gaza victim arrives in Boston to receive medical treatment
WCVB Channel 5 Boston - Massachusetts
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August 3, 2025
Three young girls from Gaza were welcomed with cheers as they arrived at Logan International Airport Sunday afternoon.The girls are a part of the medical evacuation of more than a dozen Palestinian children from Gaza, all happening across the...
Healey unveils $400 million plan to boost jobs and research in Massachusetts. Here's what it would entail ...
The Berkshire Eagle - Massachusetts
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Gov. Maura Healey wants to infuse the state's research and jobs sector with hundreds of millions of dollars as Massachusetts grapples with a tight fiscal climate and federal fluctuations in research and education support. Flanked by cabinet...
Anthony Lada attends Congress of Future Medical Leaders
The Duncan Banner - Oklahoma
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A Duncan High School honor student attended the Congress of Future Medical Leaders in Boston, Massachusetts in June. Anthony Lada, incoming junior, spent three days soaking up new medical knowledge at the conference from June 25–27 on the...
Rock icon cancels tour dates due to medical challenge
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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August 3, 2025
Rock icon Stevie Nicks has announced the cancelation of her August and September tour dates following a shoulder fracture that requires recovery time. In an announcement shared on her official Instagram on Friday, the 77-year-old Fleetwood Mac...
Boston Consulting Group faces protests across US over Gaza aid controversy
The Siasat Daily
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August 3, 2025
Boston: The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is facing mounting protests across the United States over its reported involvement in the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) — an aid initiative accused of contributing to the deaths of Palestinian...
Paws and profits: New president at pet nutrition company, and more
dvm360
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August 3, 2025
Hill’s Pet Nutrition has a new president that has been with the parent company of Hill’s for more than 2 decades. Meanwhile, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing animal health through science has appointed a new CEO, and a regenerative medicine...
Boston woman says she was bitten by a rat while walking in Fenway area
CBS 4 Boston - Massachusetts
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A woman in Boston claims to have been bitten by a rat while she was walking down Mountfort Street in the Fenway area Friday night. "Nighmare scenario" "It's kind of like everyone's nightmare scenario but you don't really think it's going to happen...