Health Care

The Massachusetts smoking age would rise to 21 and pharmacies would be banned from selling cigarettes and other tobacco products under a new bill.

The North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce is calling for greater investments in its area's Internet infrastructure, during a time where the city of Worcester is expanding its own broadband network.

The rate of spending on research and development in Massachusetts outpaced that of its peer states with vibrant technology sectors as the innovation economy grew by more than $25 billion from 2009 to 2014.

A new study out from UMass Medical School and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation explores the reasons why 200,000 Massachusetts residents still have no insurance despite continued health care reform.

As part of ongoing contract negotiations, 10,000 union Stop & Shop employees have voted to authorize a strike.

Amid growing political and industry pressure to suppress the rising costs of prescription drugs, leaders in the...

Central Massachusetts solar installers and equipment providers said continued loss of state subsidies and the slow reaction of the Massachusetts legislature will soon lead to a spike in renewable energy prices and job losses in the solar industry.

The Senate gave initial approval Thursday to legislation aimed at providing privacy to people on a multi-person health care plan, such as children and young adults on their parents' plan.

A study of Hologic's Genius 3D Mammography system found it led to significant drops in the costly and stressful rescreening of patients.

Massachusetts has a problem with unplanned patient readmissions as 78 percent of hospitals face federal penalties for having higher-than-expected readmissions in the most recent federal fiscal year.