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Elisabeth Harrison

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Managing Editor at WBUR-FM (Boston, MA)

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  • From upstate New York to the Salem Witch Trials, a podcast explores 'mass psychogenic illness'

    Dec 3, 2024 | wbur.org | Elisabeth Harrison

    Editor's Note: A version of this story appeared in WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. What does it mean if a person has physical symptoms of an illness — with no apparent medical origin? The patient could have “functional neurologic disorder,” also known as “conversion disorder.” The symptoms of this condition are real. They affect the body in measurable ways.

  • 6 tips to help you vet health information on social media

    Oct 1, 2024 | wbur.org | Elisabeth Harrison

    Health advice abounds on social media. It can come in many forms: patients sharing tips in online forums, videos with people who say they’re health professionals, paid posts and testimonials from people extolling the benefits of a particular diet, treatment, beauty product or exercise regimen. Unfortunately, not all of this information is reliable — and some of it can be dangerous.

  • What's Mass. spending to keep Steward's hospitals afloat? At least $489 million

    Sep 5, 2024 | wbur.org | Elisabeth Harrison

    State officials in Massachusetts confirmed Thursday they expect to provide more than $489 million over three years to help hospitals owned by the bankrupt, for-profit company Steward Health Care transition to new owners and keep serving patients. Some of that money has already flowed to the hospitals to help pay salaries and other expenses while Steward finalized sales agreements.

  • Steward inks deal to sell St. Elizabeth's and Good Samaritan medical centers

    Aug 30, 2024 | wbur.org | Elisabeth Harrison

    Steward inks deal to sell St. Elizabeth's and Good Samaritan medical centersGood Samaritan Hospital in Brockton. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Steward Health Care, the national for-profit hospital chain whose bankruptcy kicked off months of anxiety about the future of Massachusetts' health care industry, has reached an agreement to sell St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston and Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton for $140 million.

  • Lifespan to buy 2 of Steward's Mass. hospitals for $175 million

    Aug 29, 2024 | wbur.org | Priyanka Dayal McCluskey |Elisabeth Harrison

    The Rhode Island-based health system Lifespan said Thursday it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire two of Steward Health Care's hospitals in Massachusetts. The price tag: $175 million. If approved by a bankruptcy court judge and state and federal regulators, the agreement will cover both the hospital operations, and the land and buildings, for St. Anne's Hospital in Fall River and Morton Hospital in Taunton.

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Elisabeth Harrison
Elisabeth Harrison @elis_harrison
27 Aug 22

A law that was supposed to protect survivors of sexual and domestic violence is doing the opposite. Check out this investigation by @allyjarmanning: How a Mass. law intended to protect victims became a 'gift to abusers' https://t.co/wP4CFFE8Xd via @WBUR

Elisabeth Harrison
Elisabeth Harrison @elis_harrison
30 Jun 22

A Provincetown outbreak upended the 'hot vax summer,' but showed how to contain COVID https://t.co/wf7BmhgYoL via @WBUR

Elisabeth Harrison
Elisabeth Harrison @elis_harrison
18 Jun 22

What to know about getting COVID vaccines for kids under 5 in Mass. https://t.co/1Hu0a3ApMf via @WBUR