Mass. Legislative Committee Backs Supervised Drug Use Pilot Bill
Under the committee's bill, facilities would offer hygienic space, sterile injection supplies, monitoring by health care professionals or trained individuals, and referrals to treatment and recovery...
View ArticleBaker Asks Employers To Continue Remote Work As Mass. Prepares To Loosen...
Senior State House reporter Steve Brown joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss the day's developments.
View ArticleLlama Antibodies Neutralize Virus That Causes COVID-19, New Research Shows
Scientists are pursuing multiple tracks of research in the quest for an effective treatment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. One of these tracks involves llamas.
View ArticleMass. Virus Cases Trend Downward As Baker Announces Beginning Of Reopening
We turn again to Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at Boston University and an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center.
View ArticleBaker Unveils Phase One Of Reopening Plan
WBUR's Callum Borchers joins Morning Edition to report the latest on the pandemic.
View ArticleAs Cases Decline, Mass. Field Hospitals Begin To Close
With hospitalization rates declining, one field hospital has already closed, and others are preparing to shut down. WBUR's Angus Chen joins Morning Edition to report.
View ArticleREAD: The New Safety Guidelines For Houses Of Worship, Construction And...
Gov. Charlie Baker is expected to unveil guidelines for the first phase of the state's reopening on Monday morning. You can see the safety requirements for industries included in phase one, as released...
View ArticleREAD: Massachusetts' Plan For Reopening
The plan for Massachusetts was created with help from the governor's reopening advisory board and other state officials. It outlines requirements for four phases, including guidance for individuals,...
View ArticleMass. Is Monitoring These 6 Health Metrics As It Navigates Reopening
Gov. Charlie Baker has reiterated Massachusetts' reopening will be a delicate, data-driven process. So what data, exactly, is driving the state's decision-making?
View ArticleMass. Health System Turns Slowly Back To Preventative Care
Hospitals and health centers can begin offering "high-priority preventative services" like pediatric care, immunizations and screenings for at-risk patients, along with urgent procedures for conditions...
View ArticleMass. Reopening Plan Allows Limited Expansion Of Non-Emergency Health Care...
The first phase of the governor's plan, which starts Monday, allows for hospitals and community health centers to resume providing some non-emergency, high-priority care, so long as those facilities...
View ArticleWorcester Still Battling Coronavirus Surge As State Begins Reopening
Dr. Michael Hirsh, Medical Director of the Department of Public Health in Worcester. joined WBUR's All Things Considered to talk about how the state's phased reopening plan could affect the city's...
View ArticleHealth Experts Are Hopeful But Nervous About Mass. Reopening
“As a healthcare worker, I’m in this state of being torn between knowing that any reopening could very well be associated with an increased number of cases and then an increased number of deaths,” said...
View ArticleBaker's Reopening Plan Is A Cautious, 4-Phased Approach
Senior political reporter Anthony Brooks joined WBUR's Morning Edition to unpack the plan.
View ArticleFor Dementia Patients And Caregivers, The Pandemic Brings New Challenges
Navigating this pandemic is difficult in many ways, but it’s particularly complicated when a loved one has dementia.
View ArticleLowell Field Hospital To Close
Lowell General Hospital announced Tuesday its additional space at UMass Lowell's Campus Recreation Center is no longer required and "will be returned to the university in the coming days."
View Article2 Studies In Monkeys Suggest Antibodies Protect Against COVID-19
Two studies in monkeys published Wednesday in the journal Science suggest that having antibodies to the novel coronavirus -- either from previous infection or from certain experimental vaccines --...
View ArticleThere Are Now 6,000 People Dead From COVID-19 In Mass.
Massachusetts has lost 6,000 people to COVID-19, according to the latest figures out Wednesday.
View ArticlePoll: As Reopening Ramps Up, Americans Harbor Strong Fear Of New Infections
A new poll finds that strong concern about a second wave of coronavirus infections is reinforcing widespread opposition among Americans to reopening public places.
View ArticleThe Pandemic Has Changed Addiction Treatment, Some Hope For Good
"We've basically started to treat substance use disorder like other diseases and normalize it somewhat," says Colleen LaBelle, the director of a treatment program at Boston Medical Center.
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