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Today's Globe: Beverly chief, two cows for Haitian family, autism in rainy counties

E-mail|Link|Comments (0) Posted by Elizabeth Cooney November 5, 2008 06:55 AM

Stephen R. Laverty, the embattled chief executive of Beverly Hospital, could resign as soon as today, according to physicians and healthcare executives with close ties to the hospital's parent organization, Northeast Health System Inc.

Almane Luxama did not know it yesterday as he headed to Haiti with his 1-year-old son, Dumanel, but some kind Massachusetts residents are planning a homecoming gift for the pair: two cows. Luxama, a poor farmer, had sold his only two cows to seek medical care at Children's Hospital Boston for Dumanel, who was born with a hole in his skull and a cyst in his brain.

Children who live in the Northwest's wettest counties are more likely to have autism, but it is unclear why, US researchers reported yesterday.

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Elizabeth Cooney is a former health reporter for the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, where she also was a business reporter and an editor. Earlier in her career, she edited medical books and journals at Little, Brown, and worked for Boston magazine.