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CBS News Boston Live METHUEN — The Methuen Mayor’s Office announced that Mayor Neil Perry passed away Saturday after a battle with ill health. Neil Perry was sworn in as mayor in 2021. He served as mayor for four years. Methuen Mayor Neil Perry In a statement, his office praised the leader for his handling of recent health issues.”Mayor Perry has battled many health challenges over the past few years, but each time he has bounced back with renewed vigor to take on, in his own words, the greatest job he has ever had – mayor of the great City…

Getty Images/BBCThe English government is planning the biggest restructuring of the NHS in its history.It follows a damning report by Lord Darzi, the surgeon general and an independent peer, which warned that the health service is in a “crisis state”.The prime minister said the new 10-year plan would be based on three concepts: greater use of digital technology, greater emphasis on community care, and preventing ill health in the first place.There are already several innovation initiatives across the NHS and these localised schemes have the potential to benefit the whole NHS over the coming years.Inspection and scanning in shopping centresLocal…

Neil Perry, who had served as Methuen’s mayor since 2020, died at age 65, according to city officials. Perry, a lifelong Methuen resident and Democrat, died Saturday. He was elected mayor in 2019 and sworn in in January 2020. City officials said Perry has battled numerous health issues over the past few years, but has tackled each challenge with determination while continuing his mayoral career. He described the mayoral role as “the best job I’ve ever had.” He began his career as a state-certified transitional bilingual educator in Methuen Public Schools before embarking on a 30-year career with Raytheon. He…

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – Haircuts and styling are free at the University of Michigan Health Sparrow’s Hair-A-Thon, but the reward is invaluable: providing hair to those who have lost it due to cancer treatment.”It’s really special. It’s so wonderful to see people willing to donate their hair for kids who don’t have hair,” said 10-year-old Mary Jane Seelhoff.Mary Jane knows what it’s like to be one of those kids who needs new hair: She’s been battling leukemia since 2017 and was being treated by the UM Health Sparrow team at Herbert Hermann Cancer Center in Lansing.It has not been an…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Grocery store cashiers in California will no longer have a “paper or plastic” choice under a new ban on plastic shopping bags signed into law Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags in supermarkets and other stores, but shoppers could buy bags made from thicker plastic that was supposed to be reusable and recyclable. The new measure, approved by the state legislature last month, will ban all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026. From now on, customers who don’t bring their own bags will simply be asked if they need…

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health issued a public health advisory after a cyanobacteria bloom was confirmed in the Charles River downstream of the Longfellow Bridge. The Charles River Watershed Association said it is the first bloom in the river in four years. Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are naturally occurring microorganisms found in rivers, lakes, and ponds. Cyanobacteria release harmful cyanotoxins that can pose serious health risks, especially to pets and young children. Contact with contaminated water can cause skin rashes, and inhaling the toxins in the air can cause respiratory problems, especially for people with preexisting conditions…

CHARLESTON, Ill. – (Effingham Radio) – Eastern Illinois University has been awarded $44,500 in Cooperative Work-Study Grants from the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) to pay students to complete health-related internships in rural east-central Illinois.With the support of the grant, EIU will place 10 students with partner organizations serving Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland and Wabash counties to help meet the rural health care needs of these communities. The program provides compensatory support to EIU student interns who work in these communities while completing their degree requirements and preparing to enter the workforce.”This grant not…

The following article first appeared in the Insights section of the Mercer website and is republished here with permission. According to IRS Rev. Proc. 2024-35, the Affordable Care Act standard for determining the affordability of employer-sponsored health insurance is scheduled to increase significantly to 9.02% of an employee’s household income in the 2025 plan year, up from the 2024 plan year level of 8.39%. This affordability percentage can affect an individual’s eligibility for federally subsidized insurance from the public insurance exchanges and an employer’s potential liability for shared liability (or “pay or not”) assessments. Affordability criteria Under the ACA, employer-provided…

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