Vanessa Welch

May 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | Christine Swartz |Vanessa Welch

Every Thursday, the Mass General Brigham Community Care Van pulls into the Egleston Square YMCA lot in Roxbury, right next to a food truck. Addiction recovery coach Linda Gousby maximizes the opportunity to hand out fliers about the van’s services to the line of people waiting for free groceries. “People who may be walking by who do not go to clinics and hospitals can come and get information from us. So it’s like that easy access,” Gousby said.

May 2, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Vanessa Welch |Christine Swartz

Between inflation and housing or maybe college costs, many of us feel like we’re falling way behind when it comes to saving for retirement. But there are easy ways to catchup that you may not have heard before to help you get back on track. We sat down with consumer expert Trae Bodge of truetrae.com for her advice. First: The earlier you start saving, the better.

Jan 8, 2024 | news.yahoo.com | Christine Swartz |Vanessa Welch

As students returned to the classroom following holiday break, many families struggled to find the medicine that helps them focus. ADHD prescription shortages are a growing problem in Massachusetts and across the country. “You’re so panicked because your son needs this medication,” Walpole mom Rebecca Brennan told Boston 25 news. She says her 9-year-old son Paddy’s ADHD medication makes a huge impact on his success in school. “It helps so much with his concentration.

Dec 13, 2023 | boston25news.com | Vanessa Welch |Christine Swartz

Sabrina Stone remembers her sister Tanya as “feisty”. “She was a firecracker,” Sabrina told anchor Vanessa Welch. Sabrina reached out after seeing Boston 25′s November report on kratom concerns, and the push to regulate the legal herb here in Massachusetts and establish a minimum age to buy it. Substance abuse experts told us the herb originally grown in Asia is highly addictive. For Sabrina and her mom Catherine Stone, the cause is a personal one.

Nov 2, 2023 | boston25news.com | Vanessa Welch |Christine Swartz

BOSTON — The herb kratom has grown for centuries in Southeast Asia, but it’s growing in popularity in the U.S. according to addiction specialists who spoke with Boston 25 News. When asked if he’s seeing more issues with kratom in our area lately, Casey Herlihy with Meta Addiction Treatment in North Reading said, “Absolutely. Because there’s such an abundance of it and it’s so prevalent and easily accessible. So you can go to any gas station and get it, any smoke shop and get it.