A defibrillator saved the life of a high school hockey player in Watertown on March 5, but the state doesn't keep track of which schools have them.

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The so-called Hippocratic Oath has been known since ancient times — a solemn vow taken by all doctors upon assuming their ...

UCSF received $824 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2025 to drive the discovery, translational, and clinical science that leads to new treatments for disease and advances U.S.

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Massachusetts Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education Pedro Martinez sat down with GBH's Morning Edition to chat about new graduation requirements, low enrollment rates, and more.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses returned to work Thursday at a big New York hospital system, nearly a week after they approved a new contract that ended a major nursing strike. More than 4,000 nurses in the ...