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State approves health insurance premium hikes for six insurers, reject two others

The Division of Insurance approved 2026 rates for six insurers in the merged market, which provides a subset of Bay Staters with health insurance through individual and small business plans.

Millville transit firm to pay $1M over alleged MassHealth fraud

A non-emergency transportation company with operations in Worcester County has been ordered to pay $1.05 million.

Harvard Bioscience replaces retiring CEO, attempts to regain Nasdaq compliance

Jim Green will retire from his roles as chairman, president, and CEO of Harvard Bioscience on July 28.

House approves bill to protect reproductive, transgender care providers from out-of-state legal threats

With one top Democrat invoking Yogi Berra's famous "déjà vu all over again" quote, the House on Wednesday approved the latest attempt to strengthen access to reproductive and transgender care in the face of out-of-state legal threats.
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Bill would ban anyone born after 2005 from buying tobacco products

Massachusetts could become the first state to ban future generations from buying tobacco or nicotine products, a move that some say will finally end addiction to the harmful products, but others argue removes adult choices and freedom and would hurt small businesses. 

Heywood CEO named to MWCC board of trustees

Mount Wachusett Community College has named a Central Massachusetts healthcare leader as well as one of the Gardner school’s students as the newest members to its board of trustees. 

UMass Chan renames $350M research building for historic donor

UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester has officially renamed its New Education and Research Building after the donor foundation’s patriarch.

House to vote on reproductive, transgender care protections this week

House Democrats are moving toward a vote on legislation that would update the 2022 state law shielding reproductive and transgender care from out-of-state legal action.
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Waters to buy multinational firm’s bioscience division for $17.5B

The deal, announced in a Monday press release, seeks to accelerate Waters’ expansion into high-growth markets and deliver cost and revenue synergies.

State’s health secretary steps down, undersecretary takes over on permanent basis

After a more than two-year tenure in which she charted the state's path through the tumultuous Steward Health Care collapse, Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh will step down, the Healey administration announced Friday.
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