How you brew your coffee could impact your weight, study says

CBS Boston (Health) 10/3 10:47A Mallika Marshall, MD

BOSTON - New research shows that how you brew your coffee might have an impact on your weight. Cafestol is a molecule found in coffee and the levels depend on how the coffee is brewed. French press, espresso, and boiled coffee, like Turkish and...

Vaccine rate for kindergarteners drops in last school year, including in Massachusetts

CBS Boston (Health) 10/3 10:32A Mallika Marshall, MD

BOSTON - Fewer kindergarten children are getting their routine vaccines nationally and the number has also dropped here in Massachusetts. Last school year, 2023-24, vaccination rates among kindergartners in the U.S. fell from the year before ,...

Watch Live: Mass. to "seize control" of St. Elizabeth's from Steward; deals reached on 4 other...

CBS Boston (Health) 8/16 5:40A Neal Riley

BOSTON - Gov. Maura Healey announced Friday that the state will "seize control" of St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton by using eminent domain, and her administration has deals in place to save four other Steward Health Care hospitals in...

Brockton Hospital reopens more than a year after electrical fire

CBS Boston (Health) 8/13 5:38A Penny Kmitt

BROCKTON Tuesday marked a major milestone as Brockton Hospital opened for the first time in more than a year. Employees and patients returned for the first time since February 2023 when an electrical fire forced the evacuation of 160 people and...