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![Variants are common in people with African ancestry and are associated with a significantly higher risk of developing the sight-robbing disease. Variants are common in people with African ancestry and are associated with a significantly higher risk of developing the sight-robbing disease.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LIFE-HEALTH-GLAUCOMA-BLACK-DMT.jpg?w=131)
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Why are Black people more likely to develop glaucoma? Scientists discover new clues
Variants are common in people with African ancestry and are associated with a significantly higher...
![It’s affecting small long-term care facilities, substance use disorder clinics and federally funded health centers that rely on Medicaid. It’s affecting small long-term care facilities, substance use disorder clinics and federally funded health centers that rely on Medicaid.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/US-NEWS-HEALTH-MEDICAID-PAYMENT-DISRUPTIONS-DMT.jpg?w=132)
Some Medicaid providers borrow or go into debt amid ‘unwinding’ payment disruptions
It’s affecting small long-term care facilities, substance use disorder clinics and federally funded health centers...
![The closure will remove 39 rehabilitation service beds, 119 chronic care service beds, and all ambulatory care services at the hospital, Steward wrote in a 90-day notice to the Department of Public Health in January. The closure will remove 39 rehabilitation service beds, 119 chronic care service beds, and all ambulatory care services at the hospital, Steward wrote in a 90-day notice to the Department of Public Health in January.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sinaims01.jpg?w=132)
‘A loss for the community:’ New England Sinai Hospital set to close
The closure will remove 39 rehabilitation service beds, 119 chronic care service beds, and all...
![A recent survey found that only 3% of U.S. oncologists routinely order the tests before dosing patients. A recent survey found that only 3% of U.S. oncologists routinely order the tests before dosing patients.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LIFE-HEALTH-CHEMO-OV-16x9-1.jpg?w=140)
Overdosing on chemo: A common gene test could save hundreds of lives each year
A recent survey found that only 3% of U.S. oncologists routinely order the tests before...
![An image of an ovocyte after insemination An image of an ovocyte after insemination](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/US-NEWS-HEALTH-SAMESEX-FERTILITY-TREATMENTS-GET.jpg?w=132)
Few states cover fertility treatment for same-sex couples, but that could be changing
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine expanded the definition of infertility to include all patients who...
![A local ordinance in Yarmouth limits temporary stays at motels to less than 30 days, but Harborside Suites has served as an emergency shelter for more than 20 migrant families since last September. A local ordinance in Yarmouth limits temporary stays at motels to less than 30 days, but Harborside Suites has served as an emergency shelter for more than 20 migrant families since last September.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/image_50400769.jpg?w=140)
Massachusetts migrant crisis hits Cape Cod: Yarmouth motel serving families for too long
A local ordinance in Yarmouth limits temporary stays at motels to less than 30 days,...
![Our cat spends a fair amount of time outside for six months of the year. He is a very good hunter, but he drives me crazy when he brings home dead animals he has caught. Our cat spends a fair amount of time outside for six months of the year. He is a very good hunter, but he drives me crazy when he brings home dead animals he has caught.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2015/03/21/040315cat.jpg?w=135)
Why does my cat bring home ‘presents’?
Our cat spends a fair amount of time outside for six months of the year....
![Inside Dearborn STEM Academy, a $73-million “state-of-the-art facility” that opened in Roxbury in 2018, a “lingering and powerful sewage smell” is wreaking havoc on classes, causing students and teachers to feel ill. Inside Dearborn STEM Academy, a $73-million “state-of-the-art facility” that opened in Roxbury in 2018, a “lingering and powerful sewage smell” is wreaking havoc on classes, causing students and teachers to feel ill.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Dearbornlo05.jpg?w=132)
Boston school plagued by overpowering ‘sewage smell’
Inside Dearborn STEM Academy, a $73-million “state-of-the-art facility” that opened in Roxbury in 2018, a...
![In ads on Google, Facebook, and elsewhere, testosterone telemedicine websites may promise a quick fix for sluggishness and low libido in men. But evidence for that is lacking, physicians said. In ads on Google, Facebook, and elsewhere, testosterone telemedicine websites may promise a quick fix for sluggishness and low libido in men. But evidence for that is lacking, physicians said.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/US-NEWS-HEALTH-TESTOSTERONE-DMT.jpg?w=132)
Telehealth sites promise cure for ‘male menopause’ despite FDA ban on off-label ads
In ads on Google, Facebook, and elsewhere, testosterone telemedicine websites may promise a quick fix...
![A man in a face mask monitors his blood pressure. A man in a face mask monitors his blood pressure.](https://www.bostonherald.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/US-NEWS-HEALTH-PATIENT-MONITORING-1-KHN.jpg?w=132)
COVID and Medicare payments spark remote patient monitoring boom
Dozens of tech companies have streamed in, pushing their remote monitoring service to primary care...