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Long COVID is creating tension between doctors and patients
It’s been four years since Jennifer Hooper, 56, has been able to work or drive. On bad days, she can’t make herself dinner. Her career as a senior marketing director with a software startup came to a shuddering halt in July of 2020, when she fell sick and tested positive for COVID. Her initial fever
Sheffield: Homelessness soared in ’24 – what we can do
In 2024, the U.S. saw the largest spike in homelessness since the federal government began regularly collecting data in 2007. This wasn’t a fluke. U.S. homelessness has been on a steep and steady climb – and immigration is largely responsible. U.S. homelessness hit record highs in both 2023 and 2024, in large part because of
Editorial: Healey’s drug fee a prescription for high cost pain
Gov. Maura Healey seems to be of two minds when it comes to helping Bay Staters deal with rising costs. On the one hand, she is on Team Constituent in calling on the Department of Public Utilities to take immediate action to bring energy prices down. On the other, she is on Team Tax-‘Em in proposing