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It's been quite a week at Bristol Community College. After realizing that their traditional nurses' pinning ceremony was going to be canceled, BCC nursing students took to social media and contacted Fun 107 for help. BCC was concerned about the fact that a number of different pinning ceremonies might have been harming attendance at the actual commencement...

Five area nursing homes, three of which are located in New Bedford, will soon be closing their doors amidst apparent financial troubles.

More senior citizens in Massachusetts are turning to assisted living or living at home with assistance, and those choices are exacerbating problems in the nursing home industry.

A nursing home worker in Fairhaven is charged with filming nude, elderly patients and then posting the videos to social media.

Nurses at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford have voted to unionize.

A vote to unionize nurses at St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford has been scheduled.

Over a dozen nurses at St. Luke's Hospital marched to Keith Hovan's office Friday morning, formally requesting voluntary recognition for their right to unionize.

NORTH DARTMOUTH — The UMass Dartmouth College of Nursing has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to diversify the nursing workforce in the New Bedford region over the next four years...

Supporters of ballot questions that would raise the minimum wage, create a statewide earned sick time policy and update the state's bottle deposit law say they've delivered more than enough certified signatures to put the issues before voters next year...

Breastfed babies may be smarter babies, according to a new study. Researchers found that children who were breastfed through the first year after birth scored higher on measures of language recognition at age three, and higher on verbal and non-verbal IQ tests at age seven...