Kay Lazar

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Kay Lazar |Jason Laughlin

A second measure reaches further still; it would require the Affordable Care Act to exclude these types of services from the definition of “essential health benefits,” which are the most basic health services that all health insurance plans in the ACA must cover, such as hospitalizations and prescription drugs. The measure, if approved by the Congress, would go into effect in January 2027.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Jason Laughlin |Neena Hagen |Kay Lazar |Liz Kowalczyk

In the short space of a few months, President Trump has undercut seven decades of federal support for scientific research, transforming a pillar of academia and industry in New England, perhaps permanently. From the start, Trump sought to excise diversity and gender issues from the federal government by taking a sledgehammer to billions in government funding.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Robert Weisman |Chris Serres |Kay Lazar

The latest cuts will affect research programs awarded at least $70 million at MGB hospitals’ labs over multiple years, with most of that money already paid but at least $18 million still untapped, a federal document showed, freezing multiple research programs, some in collaboration with other labs within Harvard and at other institutions. But many of the program cuts reported by researchers haven’t yet been disclosed publicly, meaning the actual dollar loss is likely to be higher.

Mar 7, 2025 | shorturl.at | Kay Lazar |Liz Kowalczyk |Elizabeth Cooney |Megan Molteni

In an unprecedented move, the National Institutes of Health is abruptly terminating millions of dollars in research awards to scientists in Massachusetts and around the country, citing the Trump administration’s new restrictions on funding anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, transgender issues, or research that could potentially benefit universities in China.

Mar 6, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Kay Lazar |Liz Kowalczyk

In an unprecedented move, the National Institutes of Health is abruptly terminating millions of dollars in research awards to scientists in Massachusetts and around the country, citing the Trump administration’s new restrictions on funding anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, transgender issues, or research that could potentially benefit universities in China.