Tapestry Health: Pressroom and Events RSS http://tapestryhealth.org/ Sun, 26 May 2013 02:13:03 GMT FeedCreator 1.8.0-dev (info@mypapit.net) Massachusetts Public Health Council approves regulations for medical marijuana to go into effect http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/522-httpwwwmasslivecomnewsindexssf201305massachusettspublichealthcohtml By Dan Ring
The Republican
May 8, 2013

Boston The state Public Health Council today voted to approve an extensive set of regulations for putting into effect a voter-approved law onmedical marijuana.

]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 15:01:04 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/522-httpwwwmasslivecomnewsindexssf201305massachusettspublichealthcohtml Jazz Brunch in the Berkshires! http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/events/521-jazz-brunch-in-the-berkshires Please Save the Date! 

 

Stay tuned for more information on this wonderful event!

]]> Tue, 07 May 2013 15:30:58 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/events/521-jazz-brunch-in-the-berkshires Remembering Our Friend and Colleague, Hutson Innis http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/events/519-remembering-our-friend-and-colleague-hutson-innis



Hutson Inniss, 47, of D.C. and formerly of Springfield, Massachusetts, passed away on Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Hutson Inniss and Rosa L. Coaston, he was raised and educated in the Chicopee/ Springfield area. For]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:48:18 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/events/519-remembering-our-friend-and-colleague-hutson-innis Emergency Contraception Ruling a Win for Immigrant Women http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/518-emergency-contraception-ruling-a-win-for-immigrant-women Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
New America Media
April 21, 2013

Women’s health advocates received welcome news earlier this month when a federal judge ruled that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must make the most popular forms of emergency contraception (also known as the morning-after pill) available for all women over-the-counter. That means that any person]]> Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:46:28 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/518-emergency-contraception-ruling-a-win-for-immigrant-women Tapestry Health hopes for medical marijuana license http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/516-tapestry-health-hopes-for-medical-marijuana-license Matt Caron
22 NEWS
April 21, 2013

NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) On Sunday, Tapestry Health held a fundraiser in Northampton. But they also talked about the new medical marijuana law in Massachusetts.

]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:49:11 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/516-tapestry-health-hopes-for-medical-marijuana-license The Guttmacher Institute Mourns the Loss of Cory L. Richards, Executive Vice President and Vice President for Public Policy http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/515-the-guttmacher-institute-mourns-the-loss-of-cory-l-richards-executive-vice-president-and-vice-president-for-public-policy The Guttmacher Institute

 

The Board of Directors and staff of the Guttmacher Institute are devastated by the]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:17:05 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/515-the-guttmacher-institute-mourns-the-loss-of-cory-l-richards-executive-vice-president-and-vice-president-for-public-policy Judge Orders Morning-After Pill Available for All Ages http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/514-judge-orders-morning-after-pill-available-for-all-ages By Pam Belluck
The New York Times
April 5, 2013

A federal judge ruled Friday that the government must make the most common morning-after pill available over the counter for all ages, instead of requiring a prescription for girls 16 and younger. In his ruling, he also accused the federal government of “bad faith” in]]> Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:53:23 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/514-judge-orders-morning-after-pill-available-for-all-ages Pittsfield's teen birth rate declines, but remains one of the highest in Mass. http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/513--pittsfields-teen-birth-rate-declines-but-remains-one-of-the-highest-in-mass By Tony Dobrowolski
The Berkshire Eagle
April 2, 2013

PITTSFIELD Pittsfield's teen birth rate, one of the highest per capita in the state in 2009, fell markedly in 2010 but remains among the highest in Massachusetts, according to figures]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:28:16 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/513--pittsfields-teen-birth-rate-declines-but-remains-one-of-the-highest-in-mass A Push for HPV Vaccinations http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/512-a-push-for-hpv-vaccinations By Sabrina Tavernise
New York Times
March 25, 2013

The government recommended years ago that all adolescent girls get a vaccine to protect against cervical cancer. But nearly seven years after it first came to market, an overwhelming majority of girls have yet to be inoculated.

]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:49:06 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/512-a-push-for-hpv-vaccinations City’s needle exchange stars in new video on federal funding http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/511-citys-needle-exchange-stars-in-new-video-on-federal-funding By Barbara Considine
The Gazette
March 25, 2013

Northampton appears in a new film with urban centers Newark, N.J., Bridgeport, Conn., and New York City as much for what it has in common with those cities as for what it doesn’t. All have successful needle-exchange programs but only Northampton has]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:15:42 GMT http://tapestryhealth.org/index.php/news/pressroom/511-citys-needle-exchange-stars-in-new-video-on-federal-funding