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Today's Globe: glitch in healthcare checks, Whidden psychiatric unit, epilepsy drug warning
More than three dozen families are awaiting the arrival of state checks to defray their health insurance costs, after a computer glitch delayed 1,100 checks for a month.
A 22-bed psychiatric unit at Whidden Hospital in Everett will stop accepting patients today and close by Jan. 2, said Doug Bailey, spokesman for Cambridge Health Alliance, which includes facilities in Cambridge and Somerville (fourth item).
Epilepsy drugs must carry a new warning about the risk of suicidal thoughts or actions, as urged by a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel in July.
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