3 Residents At Worcester Nursing Home Have Died Of The Coronavirus, 13 Others...
State health and human services secretary Marylou Sudders said there are now clusters of the virus in close to 80 longterm care facilities in the state.
View ArticleHealth Care Workers Push Back Against Rationing Of Protective Equipment
“You are allowed one N95 mask per patient. That means as many times as you go into that room, all your shifts, you are using the same mask and putting it in a brown paper bag again and again,” says...
View ArticleWhy Charlie Baker Thinks 'Contact Tracing' Cases May Help Mass. Slow — Or...
Gov. Charlie Baker announced the ambitious project during a press conference on Friday, saying the state will work with Partners in Health to ramp the program up.
View Article51 Of 98 Residents In Wilmington Nursing Facility Test Positive For Coronavirus
State officials had been in the process of moving residents out of the nursing home in order to temporarily convert it into a COVID-19 recovery building. Those plans have been halted.
View Article2 Veterans With COVID-19 Moved From Chelsea Veterans Home To Bedford VA...
Two veterans were moved to a newly converted ward at the Bedford VA Medical Center Thursday night.
View Article'A Heck Of A Time To Get Cancer': Hospitals Defer All But The Most Urgent...
From hip replacements to cancer surgery, some of the "elective procedures" that have had to be postponed because of the coronavirus may not feel very "elective" to the patients who need them, but the...
View ArticlePreparing For COVID-19 'Surge,' Mass. Hospitals Are Losing $1 Billion A...
For more on what else hospitals are doing to fortify themselves, president of the Massachusetts Health and Hospital Association spoke to WBUR. He said it's impossible for hospitals to over-prepare for...
View ArticlePartners In Health Helps State Launch First-In-Nation Contact Tracing;...
Steve Brown talks about the state's new "contact tracing" efforts. Plus, Massachusetts issues its largest number of deaths reported in a single day so far.
View Article'It's Frightening': How New Moms Are Experiencing The Coronavirus Pandemic
The worries that almost all new mom can relate to can be exacerbated in a time of crisis.
View ArticleMass. Health Officials Report More Coronavirus-Related Deaths At Holyoke,...
There have now been at least 22 veteran deaths at Holyoke, while state officials reported an additional death at Chelsea, bringing the death toll there to at least three. Both are state-run nursing...
View ArticleNew England Patriots Open Virus Testing Site
The New England Patriots are opening a drive-through testing site at their stadium in Massachusetts.
View ArticleMorton Hospital In Taunton Converting To COVID-19 Center
Steward Health Care is also making changes in Ayer, Haverhill and Methuen.
View ArticleWalsh Says Boston Is At 'Beginning Of The Surge' And Recommends Curfew In Boston
Boston now has 1,877 confirmed cases and 15 dead attributed to COVID-19. That's up 259 cases from Saturday.
View ArticleNursing Home Advocates Call For More Funds, Tests And Protective Equipment
"We do expect that more residents will test positive," said the head of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association.
View ArticleFamily Of Veteran With COVID-19 In Holyoke Soldiers' Home Says State Response...
Ellen McEwan says she was the one who told the nurses on her father's floor that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. She's only been able to speak to him twice since the outbreak became public...
View ArticleGlobal Health Expert Weighs In On The Week Ahead
Dr. David Hamer is a professor of global health and medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine. He joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to discuss what's...
View ArticleRecommended Curfew In Boston Starts This Week, As State Cases Total 12,500
For the latest on the coronavirus locally, WBUR reporter Callum Borchers joined Morning Edition host Bob Oakes.
View ArticleSteward Opening COVID-Specific ICUs At Mass. Hospitals
Carney Hospital in Dorchester, Morton Hospital in Taunton, Good Samaritan Medical Center in Brockton and St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Brighton will set up new COVID-specific ICU beds.
View ArticleMGH, Harvard Among Partners Behind App To Track Coronavirus Symptoms
Through the app, participants can report their health status daily and give researchers a better idea of where coronavirus hotspots might be.
View ArticleBoston's Homeless Population Experiencing 'Significant Surge' In Coronavirus...
About 200 people who are homeless in the city have tested positive for the coronavirus, out of 600 to 700 people tested.
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