Opening statements began Tuesday in a medical malpractice trial involving a Boston hospital and the family of a Connecticut teen who was placed into state custody after a dispute over her diagnosis. The family of Justina Pelletier has filed a lawsuit against Boston Children’s Hospital, saying Pelletier, then 14, was placed in Massachusetts state custody and “held against her will”…

Opening statements began Tuesday in a medical malpractice trial involving Boston Children’s Hospital and the family of a Connecticut teen who was placed into state custody after a dispute over her diagnosis in 2013.

A lawsuit filed by the family of a Connecticut teen who was placed into state custody after a dispute over her diagnosis and put in psychiatric unit is scheduled to start Tuesday. The suit was brought by the parents of Justina Pelletier against Boston Children’s Hospital and those who treated their daughter, The Boston Globe reported Monday. “Justina has...

Jury selection is underway in a lawsuit over a diagnostic dispute at Boston Children’s Hospital.

Track and field is facing a painful and public reckoning with the treatment of some female athletes. Former teen running star Mary Cain’s account this week of alleged physical and emotional abuse at the recently disbanded Nike Oregon Project is prompting more top athletes to come forward. Amy Yoder Begley, a 10,000-meter runner, said Friday she was told she had...

Sentencing was set to begin Friday for the Massachusetts woman convicted in the death of a 6-month-old baby in 2014. Pallavi Macharla had her initial second-degree murder conviction reduced to involuntary manslaughter in the March 2014 death of Ridhima Dhekane. Judge Kenneth Fishman said his decision to reduce the verdict was because he could not permit the murder conviction to...

A 5-year-old Massachusetts girl who was once in critical condition with the potentially deadly EEE virus has been released from a Boston hospital after a month. Sophia Garabedian, of Sudbury, was in critical condition after being diagnosed with the mosquito-borne illness Sept. 3.

A 3-year-old boy who has captured hearts across the South Shore of Massachusetts is about to hit a major milestone in his cancer recovery. Quinn Waters, also known as “The Mighty Quinn,” has been in isolation at his Weymouth home since his last round of chemotherapy at Boston Children’s Hospital. After more than 100 days, he is on the verge...

3-year-old Quinn Waters had been isolated in his Weymouth home for months due to his weakened immune system.

Boston Children’s Hospital has received a $100,000 grant from Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to help fight adolescent vaping.

A 3-year-old boy who has captured hearts across the South Shore of Massachusetts is about to hit a major milestone in his cancer recovery. Quinn Waters, also known as “The Mighty Quinn,” has been in isolation at his Weymouth home since his last round of chemotherapy at Boston Children’s Hospital. After more than 100 days, he is on the verge...

As she fights for her life, a teenage immigrant being treated in Boston is also fighting to reverse a major policy decision by the White House. Last month, the Trump administration quietly ended an immigration policy known as “medical deferred action,” a status given to seriously ill immigrants who have applied to remain in the U.S. for medical treatment.

As a 5-year-old girl deals with a EEE infection, a GoFundMe page has been raising money to help her family pay her medical bills. Sophia Garabedian was diagnosed last week with eastern equine encephalitis. The GoFundMe identified her after officials said the mosquito-borne illness left a girl from Sudbury in critical condition.

A 5-year-old girl who was diagnosed with EEE remains hospitalized as a family friend raises money for her medical bills.

Seven-year-old Kaillen Wickman was called a “ray of sunshine.” Her cheerleading coach says she was sweet, spunky and smiling every day. Her principal at Eliot Elementary School in southern Maine says she found her every day and gave her a hug. Now, her tight-knit school and cheering community is coming to terms with her sudden death.

A judge has reduced the second-degree murder conviction of a Massachusetts woman charged with violently shaking to death an infant in her care. The Boston Globe reports that Judge Kenneth Fishman said in his decision to reduce the verdict to involuntary manslaughter that he could not permit the murder conviction to stand “in the presence of such highly contested and...

A judge has reduced the second-degree murder conviction of a Massachusetts woman charged with violently shaking to death an infant in her care. The Boston Globe reports that Judge Kenneth Fishman said in his decision to reduce the verdict to involuntary manslaughter that he could not permit the murder conviction to stand “in the presence of such highly contested and...

A 3-year-old Massachusetts boy who has been battling brain cancer for months was the guest of honor at a special concert at his Weymouth home. Quinn Waters has been in isolation since his last round of chemotherapy at Boston Children’s Hospital. In February, soon after his third birthday, he was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma, a brain tumor on the brain...

A three-year-old Massachusetts boy who has been battling brain cancer for months has been getting lots of special visits as he remains stuck in isolation at his Weymouth home. Quinnie “The Mighty Quinn” has been in isolation since his last round of chemotherapy at Boston Children’s Hospital. In February, he was diagnosed with Medulloblastoma, a brain tumor on the brain...

For the sixth year in a row, Boston Children’s Hospital has been named the best pediatric care center in the country by the U.S. News and World Report. The hospital beat out Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Texas Children’s Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center for the top spot.