With Rise In Variants, Mass. Scientists Warn Of Evolutionary Arms Race...
The original coronavirus is being overtaken in Massachusetts by newer and more infectious variants. Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard say these variants now make up more than half of...
View ArticleMass. Vaccine Pre-Registration System Adds 4 Regional Collaboratives
Residents will soon be able to pre-register for appointments at sites operated by regional collaboratives in Northborough, West Springfield, Palmer, and Northampton.
View ArticleHere's How To Book A Vaccine Appointment In Massachusetts
The state estimates that about 2.55 million people will become eligible on Monday. We've asked our readers to weigh in on the best way to make an appointment.
View ArticleDPH Changes Counting Method For Long-Term Care Deaths
In Thursday's weekly report, DPH will start using the federal standard for long-term care deaths, which counts all residents of a facility who died from COVID complications in a facility, hospital or...
View ArticleHouse Approves $400M For New Holyoke Veterans Home
In an effort to address what legislators and advocates have called longstanding inequities at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, the House voted 160-0 Thursday afternoon to approve legislation authorizing...
View ArticleSome Schools Requiring Testing After Spring Vacation Week
As the April school break kicks off in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, families are being asked to revisit guidelines for testing and quarantining before students get ready to return to school.
View Article'It's About Time': All Massachusetts Residents Become Eligible For The...
People who live or work in Massachusetts, 16 years or older, will now be able to get the shot. The state estimates about 1.7 million people will become eligible.
View ArticleCombating COVID Vaccine Hesitancy May Be Next Battle For Mass.
With all adults now eligible, many public health experts believe the hardest push will be convincing those who remain reluctant, including Republican men, who were some of the most hesitant in recent...
View ArticleEveryone 16-Plus In Mass. Can Now Sign Up For A Vaccine Appointment
Monday marks the day every adult in Massachusetts is eligible for a COVID shot. After months of having eligibility limited to certain age groups, occupations and health factors, everyone 16 and older...
View ArticleMonday Marks First Day For All Adults In Mass. To Get Vaccine
WBUR's Ally Jarmanning went to the Hynes Convention Center -- a mass vaccination site -- on Monday to talk to people about getting the vaccine, and reported for All Things Considered.
View ArticleMany Parents Want Their Teens To Get The COVID Vaccine. Others Aren't So Sure
Teens 16 and older can get the Pfizer COVID vaccine, but not all parents want their children to get the shot.
View ArticleBirths Dipped After First Pandemic Surge In Mass., But Impact Is Uneven
There were fewer babies born nine or 10 months after the first COVID-19 surge in Massachusetts. The drop is most pronounced at some hospitals that serve lower-income patients. Births ticked up in March...
View ArticleExperts Say COVID Dreams Reflect Evolution Of Pandemic
No one is experiencing the pandemic in exactly the same way, but we share many common fears and anxieties — even when we’re asleep. As the pandemic goes on, dream experts say the evolution of COVID-19...
View ArticleExperts, Advocates Suggest Outdoor Mask Mandates Be Lifted Soon
A conservative group on Tuesday called on Massachusetts' governor to lift the state's outdoor mask-wearing mandate. The calls come as medical experts in New England acknowledge it soon might be safe...
View ArticleMass. Eye And Ear Agrees To Pay $2.7M To Resolve Fraud Complaint
Prosecutors say Massachusetts Eye and Ear improperly billed government health care programs for certain office visits, defrauding the country of more than a million dollars.
View ArticleAn Infectious Disease Expert Explains Why He Thinks It's Safe To Lift Outdoor...
In a blog post this week, Dr. Paul Sax, clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital, argued that it's likely time to end the outdoor mask mandates. He...
View ArticleMassachusetts General Hospital Planning $1.9B Expansion
The two connected midrise towers along Cambridge Street in Boston would house 482 beds and new facilities to treat cardiac and cancer patients.
View ArticleIsland Vaccine Access A Concern As Seasonal Populations Swell
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are more reliant on the stream of doses the Baker administration allocates, with neither island home to a retail pharmacy in the federal vaccination program and every...
View ArticleOfficials: Most Mass. Residents Getting Their 2nd COVID Vaccine Shot
"North of 99%" of Mass. residents have received their second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, which isn't the case in every state of the U.S.
View ArticleCDC Says Fully Vaccinated Americans Can Now Go Outside Without A Mask
U.S. health officials say fully vaccinated Americans don't need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers, and those who are unvaccinated can go without a face covering...
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