Health

The news came as Brattleboro Memorial Hospital resubmitted its budget this week to regulators, which rejected the hospital’s prior spending plan earlier this year on the grounds that its numbers didn’t add up.

An insurance company is paying $9.9 million following an error detected in the building’s construction. Project delays, though, could bring the cost overrun closer to $15 million.

Researchers from the University of Vermont and several other institutions this spring will launch a multi-year study focused on drug use and barriers to health services in New England.

For many families, the decision to place a loved one in a memory care facility is heartbreaking.

When politicians use food benefits as political football, Prof. Mariana Chilton says the country — not only hungry families — experience a collective trauma.

For unhoused residents in Connecticut, refusing to part with a pet can be a major barrier to securing shelter. Only one long-term shelter in Connecticut accepts pets, with limitations.

Experts warn that fewer Medicare Advantage options means enrollees need to look at the fine print of new plans to make sure their healthcare needs are met.

The Licensed Nursing Assistant program at the International Institute of New England hopes to address New Hampshire's statewide nursing shortage and give immigrants the education they need for better jobs.

Visiting nurses say they don't expect to get paid as much as hospital nurses, but they want the same percentage raise. Both groups are registered nurses.

Although standard vaccines are required by Massachusetts, it's up to local school districts to enforce the mandate - and they really don't want to keep children out of school.