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The development unfolded hours after more than 50 nurses delivered a petition to the union headquarters demanding an investigation into top union leadership over claims that leaders are forcing a vote on a tentative deal that rank-and-file representatives rejected.

The toll could climb even higher if funding continues to drop. Here’s how some philanthropies see their role in this moment.

A legislative committee has proposed five recommendations aimed at reconfiguring the state's public health structure. Increasing state funding isn't one of them.

The tentative deal with the last of the three hospital systems where nurses have been on strike since Jan. 12 will likely put an end to the work stoppage that involved 15,000 people.

Also in Healthbeat's new weekly report: Beware of those ads for 'early detection' blood tests and a look at two public health legacies.

In addition to the hundreds of people in quarantine or isolation for measles, there are likely many more who are unaware they’ve been exposed during the normal course of their lives: Going to work, school, and church, shopping for groceries, dining out.