Neena Hagen

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Neena Hagen

With its vaunted reputation and famously difficult qualifying standards, the race lures competitors from across the globe. For many, the race is a short hop away — more than 4,000 of the marathon’s runners hail from Massachusetts, according to data from the Boston Athletic Association. For others, it’s a trek from the South, Midwest, or West Coast — about 2,000 are from California, 1,000 from Texas, and 800 from Illinois.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Serres |Liz Kowalczyk |Jonathan Saltzman |Mike Damiano |Neena Hagen

The review includes $255.6 million in contracts and $8.7 billion in multi-year grant commitments, according to the Trump administration’s antisemitism task force. According to current and former administrators at Harvard and affiliated institutions, as well as members of the Trump task force, the review appears to encompass all active federal research grants and contracts to Harvard and its affiliates.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Emily Spatz |Neena Hagen

Medicaid helps cover medical costs for 21 percent of Americans nationally and 20.5 percent of people in Massachusetts. That includes coverage for who are low income. In New England, four states — Maine, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Vermont — have higher rates of residents enrolled in Medicaid than the national average.

2 months ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Robert Weisman |Neena Hagen

Five years after the COVID outbreak sparked a frantic push for vaccines to build what public health officials called “herd immunity,” a growing number of Americans don’t want to be part of the herd. The rapid COVID vaccines rollout was credited with saving millions of lives. While scientists and health officials hailed it as a triumph of science and logistics, a potent mix of politics, fatigue, and misinformation has taken hold in recent years, leaving much of the public wary.

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Robert Weisman |Neena Hagen

Five years after the COVID outbreak sparked a frantic push for vaccines to build what public health officials called “herd immunity,” a growing number of Americans don’t want to be part of the herd. The rapid COVID vaccines rollout was credited with saving millions of lives. While scientists and health officials hailed it as a triumph of science and logistics, a potent mix of politics, fatigue, and misinformation has taken hold in recent years, leaving much of the public wary.