Rebecca Ostriker

The heart surgeon, who abruptly retired in 2019, has 21 malpractice settlements linked to his work at the hospital, including 14 cases in which he was accused of contributing to patients’ deaths.

Some doctors have already been subpoenaed to provide testimony about the hospital’s oversight of Dr. Yvon Baribeau’s surgery practice.

The company, which is now officially in default, has been in crisis, laboring to pay creditors as it grapples with more than $300 billion in liabilities.

A national group is launching a campaign to end “legacy” preferences, using an alumni donations boycott.

A COVID-19 outbreak killed 76 veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home last spring. Here are five takeaways from Globe reporting on the story.

Experts say behavior, biology, and societal factors may all play a part in sex disparities in COVID-19 deaths. But an important key may be found in nursing homes.

The collaboration comes after questions were raised about the federal government’s puzzling process for distributing the drug.

Antibody testing, also known as serology testing, can reveal if someone was infected in the past, even if they recovered or never felt significant symptoms. Such tests could be key in plans for the Commonwealth to safely, fully reopen.

Staff at the Ragon research institute in Cambridge could be test subjects in a plan to pave the way for societal reopening.

In a pandemic perceived as largely sparing the very young from serious illness, a growing number of children infected with COVID-19 in Massachusetts have become so severely ill that they have needed hospitalization — sometimes even ventilators.