Nurses at Backus Hospital held an informational picket on Thursday morning to raise concerns about a growing patient care crisis.

A Massachusetts agency that oversees health insurance for 460,000 public employees, retirees and their dependents is unable to pay providers after running out of money.

There were 30,000 fewer U.S. drug overdose deaths in 2024 than the year before — the largest one-year decline ever recorded. An estimated 80,000 people died from overdoses last year, according to ...