STATE HOUSE — Total emergency room use in Massachusetts dropped slightly in 2014, but visits associated with a behavioral health conditions rose sharply, according to preliminary Health Policy Commission findings.
Early data from the commission's 2015 Cost Trends Report show a nearly 24 percent statewide increase in behavioral health-related emergency department visits from 2010 to 2014. A visit is classified as behavioral health-related if it involves mental health or substance use disorders.
JERUSALEM (AP) — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump canceled plans Thursday to visit Israel, a trip for which even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — widely seen as an ally of the Republican Party — had shown little enthusiasm. Meanwhile in Washington, Defense Secretary Ash Carter stressed that the American fight against Islamic State is focused on violent extremists, not Muslims, and a Senate committee formally rebuked Trump's policy proposal to ban Muslims from entering the country.
Trump announced his decision on Twitter, saying he would reschedule "at a later date after I become President of the U.S." Appearing on Fox News, he said there were many reasons for the move, among them that he didn't want to put Netanyahu in a bind.
