Seniors' Trusted Companions Now Also Can Be Vaccinated At Some Sites In Mass.
In an effort to make the COVID-19 vaccine more accessible to residents 75 and older, the Baker administration plans to begin this week allowing anyone who accompanies an eligible senior to one of the...
View ArticleData Shows Improvement In Mass. Vaccination Effort
In six days, the percentage of COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped to Massachusetts that have been administered has risen from just under 58% to almost 71%, an indication of progress in the widespread...
View ArticleWhen You've Been Vaccinated Against COVID, But The People You Live With Have Not
The millions of Americans who’ve been vaccinated are still a pretty exclusive club. That means a lot of couples, roommates and families divided into haves and have-nots, with some shifting roles,...
View ArticleMass. Vaccination Rate Improving, But Still Falls Short Of New England Neighbors
For more, WBUR's Morning Edition was joined by Dr. Monica Bharel, commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
View ArticleNurses At Worcester Hospital Vote To Authorize Strike
Thee nurses at St. Vincent hospital have voted to authorize their negotiating committee to call a strike if management does not agree to increase staffing levels, which the nurses say is necessary to...
View ArticleHospitals Fume As Governor Shifts Coronavirus Vaccine Strategy
Hospitals in Massachusetts have stopped scheduling new vaccination appointments, and some are ramping down operations at community sites, after learning the Baker administration will not send them...
View ArticleIn Letter To Baker, House Dems Call For End Of Companion Vaccines
The lawmakers said the so-called "companion system" offers disproportionate benefits to families with reliable access to a car and ability to take time off work -- many of whom will tend to be white...
View ArticleMassachusetts Vaccine Companion Rule Gets Abused By Some
A rash of online ads from people looking to cut the vaccination line drew a stern rebuke from Gov. Charlie Baker, who warned against offers of help from complete strangers.
View ArticleSite Changes Aim To Ease Work Of Making Vaccine Appointments
The state's COVID-19 vaccine website now lists available appointments for some locations, part of a new platform the Baker administration launched Friday to smooth the sometimes-challenging process of...
View ArticleBaker Says No Doses Without Appointments, Despite Reports Of Excess Vaccines...
Long lines formed and confusion spread earlier this week at the mass vaccination site in Danvers, raising questions about what is being done with excess doses. Baker repeatedly said no one without an...
View ArticleHow Our Brutal Science System Almost Cost Us A Pioneer Of mRNA Vaccines
A doctor who witnessed the tribulations of mRNA vaccine pioneer Katalin Karikó warns that science is naturally hard, but the system that puts make-or-break financial pressures on American scientists...
View ArticleMass. AG's Office Awards $1.5 Million In Grants To Address Racial Disparities...
The Massachusetts attorney general's office has awarded $1.5 million in grants to 16 organizations across the state to address racial disparities in opioid addiction treatment and recovery services.
View Article19 More Cases Of U.K. Coronavirus Variant Reported In Mass.
The highly-transmissible variant has caused surges of transmission in the U.K. and parts of California and Florida. Some studies suggest the variant could increase transmissibility by about 50%.
View ArticleCOVID-19 Variant That Originated In South Africa Found In Mass.
The variant was discovered in a female in her 20s who lives in Middlesex County and who had no reported travel.
View ArticleMass. Residents 65+ Or With 2 Comorbidities Can Get Coronavirus Vaccine...
Starting Thursday, people 65 and older, those with two or more specific comorbidities and staff and residents of low income senior housing will be eligible for coronavirus vaccinations in...
View ArticleCiting Shortcomings, Lawmakers Call Baker Administration To Testify On...
The Legislature's new COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management Committee will host a hearing on Feb. 25 to hear testimony from the executive branch about how it has been distributing vaccine...
View ArticleOn 1st Day Millions Are Eligible For The Vaccine, Mass. Websites Crumble...
Now, as the vaccine rollout steams into larger and younger populations that are more internet savvy, experts worry web slowdowns might hit with greater frequency if certain weaknesses aren’t addressed.
View ArticleMass. Survey Documents Disparate Impacts Of Pandemic For People Of Color, Low...
Groups including LGBTQ populations, people of color, lower-income households and those with disabilities often experienced more worry about COVID-19, less economic stability during the crisis, and...
View Article6 Hours And 6 Minutes: Bob Oakes On Delays And 'Delirium' Signing Up For A...
Stepping away. English breakfast tea. Remembering the woodpecker. How Morning Edition host Bob Oakes kept it together enough to keep trying to book his vaccine appointment.
View ArticleDo I Qualify? Vaccine Confusion For Patients With Multiple Serious Medical...
As Massachusetts makes vaccines available for residents with two or more medical conditions that put them at risk of a severe case of COVID, many residents are finding the state's criteria can be...
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