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The “Careers” tab on Mass General Brigham’s website. The hospital aims to cut approximately 1,500 positions in two waves between February and March. SARAH CRUZ/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘A long term bet’: Mass General Brigham prepares for biggest layoffs in history

Haydee Cepeda February 24, 2025
Mass General Brigham Hospital, the largest private employer in Massachusetts, aims to cut approximately 1,500 positions in two waves between February and March.
A Trump-Vance sign in Brookline, Massachusetts. While President-elect Donald Trump plans to make changes to reproductive, healthcare, education and immigration policies, Boston’s policies maintain protections. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

How do Trump’s second term policies measure up to Massachusetts?

Emma Mullay November 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump made many large-scale promises on policies concerning key voter issues both during his campaign and since his reelection — here’s how they shape up in Boston and Massachusetts.
The flight path from Boston to Palestine on Distance Calculator. Local organizations around Boston, such as HEAL Palestine, have been working to evacuate children from Gaza and provide them with necessary care and medical attention amid conflict in the area. ISABELLA OLAND/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Local humanitarian efforts provide recovery care to children evacuated from Gaza

George Lehman October 31, 2024
Humanitarian organizations in Boston have been evacuating children from Gaza for months to provide medical care in the City as conflict in the region persists.
Boston City Hall. On Wednesday, the Boston City Council unanimously passed a resolution in support of the Boston University Graduate Workers Union’s strike. KEVIN NGUYEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

City Council passes resolution in support of Boston University Graduate Workers

Lauren Albano March 28, 2024
Boston City Council passed a unanimous resolution in support of the Boston University Graduate Workers Union during its Wednesday meeting.
MassGen

Woman’s death sparks changes to Massachusetts hospitals

Sujena Soumyanath May 3, 2023
A new Massachusetts law requires hospitals to improve accessibility by the end of the year, following the 2016 death of Laura Levis, who could not find her way inside the emergency room whilst suffering from an asthma attack. 
Chloe Patel and Analise Bruno | Graphic Artists

Downplayed distress: Gaslighting in women’s healthcare

Benjamin Pollock April 11, 2023
This epidemic of American women’s symptoms being downplayed is known as medical gaslighting.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Medical abortion: An overview of a safe, but opposed, procedure

Benjamin Pollock March 27, 2023
Instead of focusing on the grim reality of this attack on reproductive rights, I want to use this space to discuss the scientific facts about medical abortions and the benefits abortion access affords.
Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

The end of aging as we know it? | Science Says

Benjamin Pollock March 13, 2023
While aging currently coincides with a myriad of chronic health conditions — thanks to Dr. David Sinclair’s lab at Harvard—age may soon really be just a number.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley speaking on the COM lawn

Rep. Ayanna Pressley seeks to protect abortion access with EACH Act

Daily Free Press Staff January 31, 2023
U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley helped reintroduce the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Healthcare (EACH) Act on Jan. 26 at a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
Chloe Patel | Senior Graphic Artist

Don’t settle for adequate rights: A generational approach to defending Roe | EDITORIAL

Editors January 30, 2023
In light of the Supreme Court overturning the novelty Roe v. Wade doctrine, people across all different generations took to the streets of Boston for the 2023 Women's March to demand back their right to bodily autonomy.
Chloe Hannum / DFP Staff

Latest with Lin: Supreme Court denies disability benefits to Puerto Ricans

Michael Lin April 29, 2022
United States v. Vaello Maduro presents a devastating blow to the rights and well-being of Puerto Ricans.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

Highway to Health: Ukraine’s reproductive health crisis

Bailey Salimes April 28, 2022
Sexual assault medical care and rape crisis centers tend to receive the least amount of attention during crises, even though demand is high.
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