Suicide rates in Massachusetts rose by one-third from 1999 to 2016, a significant jump that was among the highest in the country, even as the overall rate remains among the lowest.
Shares of Marlborough medical device giant Boston Scientific rose as high as 17 percent Monday after reports the company could be sold to rival Stryker Corp., based in Michigan.
A former Obama Administration drug policy expert will speak at the the WBJ Addiction in the Workplace event next week at the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester.