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Massachusetts

Two cities tell tales of struggle amid manufacturing losses

One city was once the wealthiest per capita in the world. The other was nearly the cotton manufacturing capital of the world. But today, New Bedford and Fall River are among the many mid-sized cities in Massachusetts struggling to adapt to the evolving global economy. Both are adjusting at a

public health

Digital health innovation hub debuts in Boston

BOSTON – A health-care innovation hub that will focus on developing digital technology for use in the delivery of medical services took its first turn in the spotlight Wednesday as Boston and state officials officially opened the center before an attentive throng at the Landmark Center near the Fens. "This

Massachusetts

Healey lashes out at biotech firm over ‘unfair’ drug prices

BOSTON – Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey may go after Gilead Sciences over the price of its new hepatitis C treatment, Sovaldi, calling the $84,000 cost of a full treatment against the deadly disease potentially an illegal unfair trade practice. Healey referred to pricing for the drug as well as

china

No designer babies, but scientists urge caution on gene editing

WASHINGTON (AP) — A tool to edit human genes is nowhere near ready to use for pregnancy — but altering early embryos as part of careful laboratory research should be allowed as scientists and society continue to grapple with the ethical questions surrounding this revolutionary technology, organizers of an international summit concluded