A very special shout out to our LMA neighbors at Boston Children's Hospital for being named the Best Pediatric Hospital in the US according to U.S. News and World Report. 

MASCO Call Center operators field more than 1.5 million calls a year. The events of last weekend in Orlando reminded them of their experiences dealing with the volume of calls and trauma codes they managed after our city and our hospitals dealt with the aftermath of the Marathon bombing in 2013. 

The second annual summer of "Bands on Blackfan" kicked off yesterday with the largest crowd ever. Hundreds of employees from LMA institutions came out to Blackfan Circle to enjoy live music, great weather and delectable delights from three food trucks.

More than 300 meals were purchased from the food trucks, and some people simply brought their brown bag lunch to the sunny lawn to enjoy the music of local artists TRY.

MAYOR WALSH ASKS FOR FEEDBACK ON FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION IN BOSTON

Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that today through June 17, the City of Boston will engage thousands of area residents to provide feedback on a short list of transportation projects and policies as part of the next phase of the Go Boston 2030 Action Plan, which is the City's long range transportation plan. The City also announced a slate of projects that will be implemented in the near term to follow-up on ideas that came up repeatedly from the public during the first phase.

Looking for educational and fun camp activities for your 8th or 9th grader this summer?

Grab some friends and co-workers and visit the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on the third thursday of each month for an evening of music, wine and culture!

In their brand new building on Huntington Avenue, MassArt has created a "Sustainability Incubator" as an interdisciplinary platform "for developing and cross-pollinating innovative curriculum and art/design projects at the intersection of social justice, health and the environment."

It's a common complaint among busy full-time workers: "I simply have no time to exercise!"

Well, sports medicine experts at MASCO member institution Brigham and Women's Hospital disagree, and offer a solution.

High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT, is a form of exercise in which short periods of intense exercise are alternated with less intense recovery periods. 

When facing a health crisis, the last thing a patient or a patient's family needs to worry about is where they will lay their heads at night, and can they afford to?

Calling all parents! February school vacation is this week, and in case you are not jetting off to the Bahamas or hitting the slopes, you need to find something to do with the kiddos!

Wheelock Family Theatre has the perfect outing for you as it presents "Mary Poppins." Matinee performances are available the week of February 16th (Tuesday) at 1 pm. 

More information is available here.