hospitals

Massachusetts

Mass. health care cost growth exceeds benchmark under 2012 law

Written by Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE — Spending on health care in Massachusetts climbed to $54 billion in 2014, according to a new report, significantly outpacing both state economic growth and the benchmark set under the state's 2012 cost containment law as enrollment and cost growth at MassHealth exploded.

terrorism

New hospital in Jordan treats worst of Mideast’s war-wounded

Written by Karin Laub AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — They are among the most tragically wounded from the Middle East's multiple wars. A 14-year-old Syrian girl whose lower legs were torn off by a shell. A 15-year-old Iraqi boy who was severely burned in a car bomb explosion.