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Today's Globe: Caritas deal, pioneer chemist

Email|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Elizabeth Cooney February 6, 2007 06:28 AM

Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley and a tight circle of archdiocese leaders have made a tentative deal to transfer ownership of the six hospitals in the Caritas Christi Health Care system, including Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton, to the nation's largest Catholic hospital chain, St. Louis-based Ascension Health.

"Forgotten Genius" on NOVA tonight tells the story of Percy Julian, the black chemist whose work in the face of segregation led directly to the steroids that treat rheumatoid arthritis and indirectly to the birth control pill.

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Elizabeth Cooney covers health for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. She previously reported on business and was an editor at the paper. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.