CAMBRIDGE – Harvard University is refusing to settle with a female graduate who accused the Ivy League institution of failing to follow federal rules on handling allegations of sexual assault in a bombshell federal lawsuit brought against the school in February.
In a recent court filing, Harvard lawyers not only signaled their plan to try to get the case dismissed but also asked U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper in Boston to keep the motion private, citing "confidential and intimately private information about parties and non-parties and is a record protected against disclosure by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act."
BOSTON – About a year before funding is set to expire for a state trust fund aimed at preventing chronic health conditions, community health organizations and other stakeholders shared with lawmakers their success stories and concerns about what could happen when the program ends.
The Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund was established as part of a 2012 health care cost containment law and funded with $60 million over four years through an assessment on health insurers and large hospital systems. The fund allocated money to nine local partnerships that focus on pediatric asthma, hypertension, falls in older adults, and tobacco use.
