Health Care

Rules may be relaxing, but better nutrition in schools may be here to stay.

Doctors are finding cancers earlier and developing more effective ways to treat them.

Brendan Aylward, 24, is making fitness accessible for everyone at his Lancaster gym.

Gov. Charlie Baker will travel to Washington, D.C. on Friday to lobby Congress on health care reform legislation and to discuss ways to address the opioid crisis, according to his office.

House leadership-backed legislation overhauling the marijuana law approved by voters last year came under fire from multiple sides Wednesday and by the end of the day, Speaker Robert DeLeo opted to push off Thursday's planned debate to next week.

UMass Memorial Health Care will convert roughly half of its psychiatric beds for medical/surgical use after it received approval from the state public health council on Wednesday for a $30-million renovation plan.

Massachusetts ranks second in the nation for child well-being, but federal budget cuts and a repeal of the Affordable Care Act could change that, according to new data.

Brookside Rehabilitation and Health Center in Webster on Monday announced the launch of a program for rehab patients living with pulmonary diseases.

Reliant Medical Group plans to move into the former Macy's home goods store at the Auburn Mall by next summer, taking up a large vacancy at the mall after plans for a movie theater fell through.

Ahead of summer rate filings, the Division of Insurance and the Massachusetts Health Connector have for several weeks been working with insurance carriers to provide guidance in connection with the possible loss of "cost sharing reductions."