Leaders from Mass General, the state of Massachusetts and the city of Boston gathered recently to launch the MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention (*See full caption below the story).

Mass General Opens Gun Violence Prevention Center...

Published 3 weeks ago by Colleen Keilty in Community Health, Health Policy

Hospital, state and city leaders say they hope the new MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention can help address a major public health crisis.

From left: Donor Randy Watts; scholar recipients Mary Susan Convery, MSW, LICSW, a clinical social work specialist at Mass General, and Sarah Wettenstein, LICSW, a behavioral health clinician at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program; and Herbert Benson, MD, director emeritus of the BHI.

Donor Helps Bring Mind-Body Medicine to Homeless...

Published 1 month ago by Jennifer Nejman Bohonak in Community Health, Donor Recognition

The Watts Scholarship supports the Benson-Henry Institute’s efforts to bring mind-body medicine and resiliency skills to underserved communities.

Akita Joshi (left) and Derek Bielawski, both senior medical technicians, took part in a recent drill to practice Ebola readiness procedures at Mass General's Microbiology Biothreats Laboratory.

Ebola Readiness: Staff Practice Lab Procedures...

Published 2 months ago by Colleen Keilty in Best Practices, Community Health

At Mass General’s Center for Disaster Medicine, a recent preparedness exercise included drills involving laboratory procedures that would be used to deal with Ebola specimens.

On March 14, 2018, Mass General staffers joined healthcare workers and students nationwide in calling attention to gun violence as a major medical and public health issue.

New Mass General Center to Address Gun Violence...

Published 4 months ago by Peter L. Slavin, MD in Community Health, Health Policy, MGH Fund

The MGH Center for Gun Violence Prevention will focus on reducing injuries and deaths related to firearms and promoting safety in the home and in the community.

In 2018, Massachusetts became the sixth state to raise the age to 21 for tobacco and nicotine sales. Celebrating are, from left, Lester Hartman, MD, state Rep. Paul McMurtry and Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH.

Pediatrician Calls for Advocacy on E-Cigarette Epidemic...

Published 6 months ago by Kay Cahill in Children, Community Health, Health Policy

With so many high school students using nicotine products, Mass General pediatrician Jonathan Winickoff, MD, MPH, urges stronger action at all levels of government.

Marta Gomez Martinez and Myria Saunder - MGH Timlity Middle School participants - at the celebration of the 2018 Mass General Summer Jobs Program.

Students Celebrate Summer Jobs Experience...

Published 11 months ago by McKenzie Ridings in Children, Community Health

The 2018 Summer Jobs Program recognition event honored 255 high school and college students who committed 40,000 hours to Mass General and its community health centers.

At the MGH Revere HealthCare Center Youth Zone, two campers layout the design for a full-sized wall mural.

Youth Zone Program Is More Than a Summer Camp...

Published 12 months ago by Leslie Heffron, RN, BSN, MEd in Children, Community Health, Donor Recognition

Offered by the MGH Revere HealthCare Center, the Youth Zone program offers kids a place to grow, learn and have fun during the summer.

Members of the MGH Youth Scholars Class of 2018 celebrate their graduation from the program.

MGH Youth Scholars Mark Graduation from Program...

Published 12 months ago by Colleen Keilty in Community Health

Of the 2018 graduates of the Mass General Youth Scholars Program, all 28 will attend college next year, making them the third class out of seven to attain such an accomplishment.

A recent Mass General study focused on individuals who indicated having resolved a problem with cannabis, or marijuana.

Study Finds Cannabis Problems Resolved Differently...

Published 1 year ago by Noah R. Brown in Community Health, Medical Research

A Mass General study finds that those resolving cannabis problems do so at younger ages, and with less assistance than those resolving other substance-use problems.

Ali Raja, MD, vice chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine (center) confers with emergency physicians Alister Martin, MD, (left) and Kamal Medlej, MD.

Upping the Odds for Addiction Recovery...

Published 1 year ago by Kay Cahill in Community Health, Mass General Magazine, Patient Care

The Mass General Emergency Department tackles the opioid overdose epidemic with new training and quicker access to a key medication.

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