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A closer look at the marijuana health concerns behind Question 8 in Mass.
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. A decade after Massachusetts voted to legalize recreational marijuana, another ballot question this fall seeks to topple what’s since grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Question 8 proposes to repeal adult-use marijuana sales and put new limits on individual possession of the drug.
A closer look at the marijuana health concerns behind Question 8 in Mass.
Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. A decade after Massachusetts voted to legalize recreational marijuana, another ballot question this fall seeks to topple what’s since grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry. Question 8 proposes to repeal adult-use marijuana sales and put new limits on individual possession of the drug.
Mass. telehealth abortion providers face federal challenge from 3 states
Three Massachusetts organizations and four staffers who prescribe and mail abortion pills to patients in states where the practice is restricted are facing their first legal challenge since the Supreme Court struck down the national right to an abortion in 2022. They are among 30 telehealth providers named in a federal lawsuit filed by the attorneys general of Louisiana, Arkansas and Alabama.
In Mass., new guidance stresses health risks of moderate drinking
Health officials in Massachusetts are expanding their advice about alcohol use to emphasize the health risks of regular drinking. In guidance released this week, the state Department of Public Health says even moderate drinking — one glass a day for women or two for men — can increase the chances of developing some types of cancer, high blood pressure and heart disease.
She was born from a donated egg and sperm. As an adult, she found her 'gene family'
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She was born from a donated egg and sperm. As an adult, she found her 'gene family'
Conceived with both donor eggs and sperm, a woman tracked down her genetic relatives on both sides and discovered two new families.
She was born from a donated egg and sperm. As an adult, she found her 'gene family'
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She was born from a donated egg and sperm. As an adult, she found her 'gene family'
She was born from a donated egg and sperm. As an adult, she found her 'gene family' Conceived with both donor eggs and sperm, a woman tracked down her genetic relatives on both sides and discovered two new families. Conceived with both donor eggs and sperm, a woman tracked down her genetic relatives on both sides and discovered two new families. Sponsor Message NPR does not offer or accept money for coverage or interviews.
Mass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court records
A Southborough family has stepped into the national spotlight with claims that their local school seeded — and the state of Massachusetts is facilitating — their child’s gender transition. But court records paint a different picture. The case puts another family squarely in the middle of the cultural, political and religious debate over transgender rights. On Thursday, the Trump administration announced the Department of Education is launching an investigation into the school district.
Why a UMass researcher is among the dozens leaving the U.S. for Canada
After more than a year of federal grant cancellations, delays and clawbacks by the Trump administration, dozens of researchers will leave positions at American universities for new roles in Canada. Several scientists currently working in Massachusetts will make the switch, which was announced by several Canadian schools Thursday. In all, the Canadian government has committed more than $1 billion in grant funding for the poached researchers.
Mass. vows support for trans kids as Trump bans Medicaid funds
The Healey administration said it will assume the full cost of hormone therapy and counseling for transgender children and teenagers covered by two public insurance programs if a federal rule out Tuesday takes effect on Oct. 13, 2026, as proposed. The move is the latest effort by the Trump administration to ban medical care for trans kids.
Cape Cod woman finds her egg donor and forges new ‘gene family’
There are no firm numbers, but there could be a million or more Americans conceived with a donated egg or sperm. Jacqui Comstock, an oceanographer on Cape Cod, is the product of both. She has a lot of genetic relatives — more than 30 half-siblings — not to mention their children, her aunts and uncles, a twin brother, cousins. The list goes on.
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