3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (534+ words) CONCORD, N.H. " In a vote Thursday, lawmakers in the New Hampshire House killed a proposal that would have eliminated all childhood vaccine requirements. The Republican-backed proposal (House Bill 1811) was killed on a voice vote after it fell short of the margin…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (768+ words) Baystate Health, the largest health system in Western Massachusetts, will no longer prescribe hormones or puberty blockers to transgender patients under 18 in a move the system said would protect its Medicaid and Medicare funding. It's the latest retrenchment of gender-affirming…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (269+ words) Susan Rigetti is a journalist, the author of three books, and a former editor at The New York Times and Slate. The historic winter storm that recently pummeled most of the country left a foot of snow covering my yard,…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (734+ words) It's vacation week for many in Boston. Here at Love Letters, it's time to look back at past problems, to meditate on them, to learn. I love revisiting old letters to find out if I still agree with my own…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (827+ words) Last February, Norwood-based figure skater Spencer Howe was far from the cozy confines of the Olympic Village in Milan. He was living in the barracks while in US Army basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Instead of bags of…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (180+ words) A seventh child has died from influenza-related causes this flu season in Massachusetts, according to state data. The dashboard did not specify the ages of the children or say where the deaths occurred. The flu season generally spans the fall…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (834+ words) Cambridge spends more than $39,000 per pupil, the sixth most of any district in the state. But even here, in a wealthy community that is proud of its hefty investment in education, its high MCAS scores, and its devotion to equity,…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1135+ words) This month, Belle Burden topped the New York Times bestseller list with a book that poses a universally chilling question: What happens when the person you trust most in this world abandons you? And then she tells us. "Strangers" is…...

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (628+ words) Q. I am a 23-year old woman. I've been married for three years. My husband is 25. When we first met, he would compliment me, make me feel special, and he was always so attentive " like buying me roses, opening doors for…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (704+ words) The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has issued a broad recommendation against gender transition surgeries for youths, becoming the first major medical association in the United States to narrow its guidance on pediatric gender care amid a crackdown by the…...