Mass. legal immigrants have until March for Commonwealth Health coverage sign up
Boston – Nearly 40,000 Massachusetts legal immigrants will be transitioning in the upcoming weeks to Commonwealth Care coverage, after the Supreme Judicial Court’s early January decision requiring the state to re-instate eligible legal immigrants into Commonwealth Care.
“It’s morally and … Read Full Story
Merck creates pharma joint venture in Brazil
WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J. (AP) — Merck & Co. Inc. said Wednesday it is establishing a joint venture with two Brazilian drug companies to sell its products in one of the world’s key pharmaceutical markets.
Merck said it will own a
Assisted living combines help and social life
DARTMOUTH — Margaret Cunha had relatives and friends, good health and a beautiful home, yet she could not help but feel lonesome after her husband passed away a few years ago.
“I would cry at home alone,” she said. “I … Read Full Story
First three years of life crucial for a child’s development
Fall River — While the first three years of a child’s life are critically important for the physical, intellectual, language, social and emotional development; the real challenge lies on a parent’s ability to identify the child’s strengths and needs during … Read Full Story
Researchers find cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy
CAIRO (AP) — A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment.
The genetics-environment question is key to understanding cancer.
AUC professor Salima Ikram,
Lopes has donated 21 gallons of his blood
New Bedford — A fear of needles may keep many away from a hospital, but for a New Bedford resident it does not stop him from donating blood every eight weeks.
Robert Lopes, 68, is on the Southcoast Blood Bank’s … Read Full Story
French breast implant firm’s former execs arrested
PARIS (AP) — Police in pre-dawn sweeps Thursday arrested two top former executives of the now-defunct French company at the center of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide.
Jean-Claude Mas, who founded and ran implant-maker
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