Monitoring the medical tents along the course of the #BostonMarathon today. Very little activity inside so far and 0 calls for ambulances, according to @MassDPH. Go runners!.

Four years ago, a young man named V was deep into an addiction to cocaine. He hasn’t used in a year now. He swapped the rush he got from cocaine for the pleasure of achieving goals and getting rewards in a program called contingency management.

First time I’ve seen Harm Reduction listed on an elevator menu. This is at the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center in Mass. A whole office of people doing counseling, handing out supplies, offering contingency management and medications to treat substance use disorder.

Massachusetts has set another record that no one will celebrate. Preliminary state data shows there were 2,357 overdose deaths in 2022. That’s 57 more deaths than in 2021, and an increase of 9% from the highest point before the COVID pandemic.

A woman with Alzheimer's could no longer follow the pattern on a hand hooked rug. A stranger volunteered to finish it for her. They found each other via an online network called Loose Ends. I got to tag along. Grateful.

Latest accounting shows opioid settlements coming to Mass. will top $1 bil. There's a question about how the 40% going to munis is being spent. State law says it has to go into a general municipal fund not a designated fund to tackle the addiction crisis.

Appeals court approval of the Purdue/Sackler settlement reminds me Mass. is sitting on $$millions coming in from other deals. But the group formed to guide spending hasn't met since 12/6/22. And no word from media reps for @KateWalshHHS about when the group will meet again.

I have no reason to think Councilor Anderson's comments were about Judaism. Here's the original story:.

RT @Priyanka_Dayal: Hospitals and insurers are tangling over rising costs as the health care system reaches a "breaking point.". Here's wha….

Do you know of a young person from Massachusetts who took a fake pill laced with #fentanyl and overdosed? Please DM if you have info you can share. Thanks very much! #opioids.

I filed a story about why even historically cold weather states like Mass. need to ramp up efforts to cool pavement. This film from Trillium Studios has the moving picture view: . #climate.

RT @gabrieman: “Worse than anything that we have ever seen before.” . Mass. sees an uptick in immigrant families seeking asylum. Many are s….

RT @Priyanka_Dayal: 10 years ago, Massachusetts launched an experiment to control health care costs. It created the @Mass_HPC and started h….

RT @danmauzy: More than 40 police depts in MA turned down @WBUR's requests for records of officers accused of sexual or domestic abuse, due….

RT @Priyanka_Dayal: Massachusetts life sciences companies continue to grow. More than 106,000 people work in the industry. Average pay: $….

RT @Priyanka_Dayal: The government will no longer be sending free COVID-19 tests to Americans via @WBUR.

My colleague @gabrieman comes up with some cool stories. I had no idea that nearly 1 in 3 women have had bacterial vaginosis. Fluid transplants might help.

RT @Priyanka_Dayal: Pregnancy complications and maternal deaths increased during the pandemic, according to new research:. "In a country in….

The same week the MA legislature kills bills that would allow a supervised consumption pilot, @Somervillecity releases a plan about how to move forward. Fastest route would be a portable unit in a parking lot. #HarmReduction .

RT @Priyanka_Dayal: The FDA is shelving plans to let younger adults get second COVID boosters this summer. Instead, officials are planning….