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Sarah Rahal

Health & Sciences reporter @BostonGlobe 🩺🗞️ Formerly @detroitnews | @UMwallacehouse Fellow. Send chowder recs + story tips →[email protected]

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Last Front PageMAY 25, 2026Latest appearance

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Firefighter remembered as ‘heart of the firehouse’

24-year veteran died after fall from burning house in Dorchester

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Firefighter remembered as ‘heart of the firehouse’

24-year veteran died after fall from burning house in Dorchester

Boston Globe•MAY 25, 2026•Lead Story

The paper focuses on a local tragedy through a lens of community loss and personal tribute, emphasizing the individual's long service and the emotional response of his colleagues.

Abortion pill access preserved for now

Mass. providers remain vigilant after court ruling

Boston Globe•MAY 15, 2026

Focuses on the precarious legal status of abortion medication and local providers' cautious reaction to a temporary federal court ruling.

Bracing for abortion pill fight

Uncertainty, confusion follow rulings by courts over mailing of mifepristone

Boston Globe•MAY 5, 2026•Lead Story

The paper frames the ongoing legal developments concerning mifepristone primarily through the practical impacts, highlighting the operational uncertainty and confusion experienced by healthcare providers and patients.

AT THE STATE'S ONLY BIRTHING CENTER, A STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE

Facilities across New England disappear amid financial challenges

Boston Globe•MAY 3, 2026•Lead Story

The paper highlights the precarious financial state of maternal health facilities, framing the closure of birthing centers as a systemic risk to vulnerable communities in New England.

Mother told officers she strangled children, police say

Wellesley woman to be extradited from Vt. as details of tragedy emerge

With:Paul Heintz,Lea Skene,John R. Ellement

Boston Globe•APR 28, 2026•Lead Story

The paper reports the specific developments of a severe local crime using strict attribution to police and court documents, focusing on the procedural elements of extradition alongside the community's response.

A tragedy unfolds in Wellesley

Troubling encounter in Vt. leads to horrific discovery

Boston Globe•APR 27, 2026•Lead Story

The paper approaches a severe local domestic crime chronologically, focusing on the sequence of police discoveries across state lines rather than sensationalising the violence itself.

Unsettling news about that snooze

Study links certain daytime naps in older adults to higher health risks

Boston Globe•APR 25, 2026•Lead Story

The paper reports on a potentially explosive federal investigation but immediately tempers the narrative in the subheadline, giving prominent voice to skeptics and actively warning readers against embracing conspiracy theories.

FBI seeks ties among missing scientists

But others say connections unlikely and warn against adding to ‘social brittleness’

With:Nick Stoico

Boston Globe•APR 25, 2026

Amid vaunted health care, gaps in delivery

By many measures, maternal health in the state has gotten worse over time, not better

Boston Globe•APR 5, 2026•Lead Story

The paper presents a structural investigation, contrasting the state's elite reputation in medicine with failing public health metrics. The focus is on systemic disparities and long-term trends rather than isolated incidents.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Sarah Rahal in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.