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By DOUG SELWYN

A recent essay by Blythe Thomas, initiative director at 1000 Days, an organization that fights “to make health and well-being during the first 1,000 days (between pregnancy and a child’s 2nd birthday) a policy and funding priority,” begins by asking...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — In November, a local group of medical professionals and researchers will travel to Ghana to hold a training conference for Ghanaian midwives from rural health centers.The trip is an effort of the Midwifery Exchange in Ghana, a group that...

By MADDIE FABIAN

NORTHAMPTON — Registered pharmacists in Massachusetts can now prescribe hormonal birth control under a bill passed in the state budget this week.The legislation, “An Act Relative to Hormonal Contraceptives,” which is co-sponsored by state Rep. Lindsay...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Marion Shea may be 104 years old, but she shows no signs of slowing down. More than 25 family members, neighbors and friends gathered on the lawn of her Massasoit Street home on Monday to celebrate her 104th birthday, although her...

By JOAN AXELROD-CONTRADA

A few years ago, a Facebook message took me by surprise.“Congratulations on another trip around the sun!” a friend wrote on my page.Wow, I had never thought of my birthday in celestial terms! An image flashed in my mind of me in a superhero costume...