Democratic state lawmakers are introducing legislation they say would cut down on unintended pregnancies and protect women's health through expanded sex education and improved access to birth control.

Alain Enthoven -- considered by many one of the chief architects of 1990s-style managed care -- has joined the board of directors at the Peninsula-based Foundation for Health Coverage Education, foundation officials said Thursday.

Hamilton's public school board and McMaster University won't have a formal agreement by their June 30 deadline, but both say the ambitious Education Centre project is still on track.

The Hanover Hospital Wellness Connection will host a free Summer Health Festival 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Hanover Community Health & Education Center, 400 York St., Hanover.

Gov. David A. Paterson asked the federal government for assistance and said that social programs like education and health care were not immune from cutbacks.