COVID Cases Surge As Thanksgiving Holiday Approaches
Dr. Abraar Karan, an internal medicine and global health physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, joined WBUR's Morning Edition for the latest on the surge in...
View ArticleWith Reminder Of Travel And Parties, Gov. Baker Launches New PSA
The #GetBackMass ads are slated to run through February, which will mark a year since the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Massachusetts. As of Sunday, 200,050 cases had been confirmed in the state.
View ArticleStudy Finds Stimulants Are Increasingly Involved In Overdoses Of Young People
From 2010 to 2018, the study shows, youth opioid overdose deaths involving stimulants increased by 351%.
View ArticleMassHealth Enrollment Up, Private Insurance Down In Pandemic
The number of people with MassHealth as their primary health insurance grew by about 10% from March through September, a spike a state agency attributes largely to federal COVID-19 legislation.
View Article'Testing Desert' Complicating Cape’s Virus Fight
Residents currently looking to get tested on the Cape either need medical authorization, or can go through Whole Health Pharmacy in Hyannis, which has limited hours and requires insurance, according to...
View Article975 Doses Per Delivery, And Other Coronavirus Vaccine Details For...
Massachusetts is out with detailed instructions for hospitals as they prepare to deliver coronavirus vaccines. This is the first phase of what could be an historic effort to slow the pandemic.
View ArticleInitial Results From A Massive Experiment: Over 3 Million Coronavirus Tests...
Overall, only about one in a thousand tests turned up positive while students were on campus this fall, though the rate has ticked up recently.
View Article7 Dead In Andover Assisted Living COVID Outbreak
Over the past month, testing at Atria Marland Place has confirmed 50 cases among residents and 21 cases among staff, the Atria regional vice president said in a statement.
View ArticleInitial Results From A Massive Experiment: Over 3 Million Coronavirus Tests...
Overall, only about one in a thousand tests turned up positive while students were on campus this fall, though the rate has ticked up recently.
View ArticleWalsh: Latest Virus Data Heading In 'Right Direction,' But Residents Should...
On paper at least, the coronavirus situation in Boston looks to be improving to the point that leaders could soon start planning to bring students back into classrooms, Mayor Martin Walsh said...
View ArticleLines For 'Blocks And Blocks': Mass. Coronavirus Testing Sites See Sky-High...
In the run up to Thanksgiving, more Massachusetts residents have been seeking coronavirus tests, and lines have lengthened at testing sites around the state.
View ArticleVaccine Trials Are Going Well, But The Next Hurdle May Be Overcoming Skepticism
WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes spoke with Rev. Liz Walker, who helped arrange the virtual meeting. She is also a member of Gov. Charlie Baker's coronavirus vaccine advisory group.
View ArticleVermont Added To Massachusetts' List Of Coronavirus High Risk States
As of Saturday morning, Vermont has officially been designated as a "high risk" state for COVID-19 by the Massachusetts government. Any visitors coming from the green mountain state must fill out a...
View Article81 Mass. Communities High Risk For Virus Heading Into December
The good news in the latest batch of community-level COVID-19 data is that the number of cities and towns in the top risk category did not roughly double for a third consecutive week. The bad news is...
View ArticleThanksgiving Travel Out Of Logan Was Down Compared To Last Year, But Up From...
More than 111,000 people departed from Logan International Airport last week. That's down 73% from 2019, but it's a 32% increase compared to the first week of November.
View Article'It's Like Star Trek': Moderna's Coronavirus Vaccine Moves Toward Approval
Over the last year, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a trial by fire for Moderna's novel mRNA science, a technology that researchers describe as having awesome potential.
View ArticleHealth Experts Watch For Post-Thanksgiving Virus Spike, Anticipate Upcoming...
State health officials say they're watching closely for early warning signs of a post-Thanksgiving spike. And they're trying to crunch those numbers before Christmas and New Year's, when people are...
View ArticleLong Lines, High Demand For Mass. Coronavirus Testing Persist After Thanksgiving
At a new testing site designed by Tufts Medical Center to make the process as quick and smooth as possible, long lines develop because so many people want coronavirus testing.
View ArticlePHOTOS: At Worcester Field Hospital, Baker Says Second Unit Going Up In Lowell
The Worcester field hospital being readied amid a second surge of COVID-19 will have "a lot more capacity" than it did when it was active in the spring, Gov. Charlie Baker said Thursday morning, and it...
View ArticleMass. Adding 1,300 Emergency Homeless Shelter Beds For Winter
Capacity at existing shelters was reduced in the spring to comply with safety guidelines in the pandemic. Due to that and fear of contracting the coronavirus, more people stayed on the streets.
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