Mass General Says It May Have Reached Plateau In Caseload
Dr. Peter Slavin, president of Mass General, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss these new projections.
View ArticleState Officials Say Only A Third Of Coronavirus Tests Sent To Nursing Homes...
Officials have sent out 14,000 tests, but only got 4,000 back. Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders says they've paused sending tests as a result.
View ArticleWBUR Town Hall: The Spread Of COVID-19 In Prison And Homeless Populations
WBUR reporters Deborah Becker and Lynn Jolicoeur discuss the effect of the coronavirus pandemic on prisoners and people experiencing homelessness in Massachusetts.
View ArticleBaker Keeping Close Eye On COVID-19 Hospitalization Rate
Despite five straight days of declining new confirmed cases of COVID-19, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday that the data was insufficient to draw any conclusions about the trajectory of the spread of...
View ArticleMore Than 600 Massachusetts Prisoners Released Amid Pandemic
But a court-ordered report suggests that few prisoners have been tested for the coronavirus.
View ArticleMore Than 2,000 Deaths: Mass. Reaches Another Grim Milestone In The Pandemic
The grim milestone was reached in what many see as the second week of a surge in cases and deaths in the state.
View ArticleHospitalizations Rise As Coronavirus-Related Deaths Surpass 2,000 In Mass.
WBUR Senior Reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered from the State House to talk about the state's response to the outbreak.
View ArticleTransport Worker At Beth Israel Deaconess Soothes Anxious Patients With Songs
Lindon Beckford, a hospital transporter at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has been singing songs for patients for 35 years.
View ArticleDispatch From A Central Mass. ICU
Johnny Isenberger is a nurse practitioner and instructor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He spoke with WBUR's Morning Edition via Zoom as he was beginning his 12-hour night shift in...
View ArticleAs Deaths And Hospitalizations Rise, Baker Stresses Contact Tracing,...
The state Department of Public Health released new numbers Wednesday that show more than 2,000 people in Massachusetts have died from COVID-19.
View ArticleCoronavirus Diagnoses In Staff Drop By Half After Boston Hospital Requires...
New infections diagnosed in Brigham and Women's employees dropped from 12 or 14 a day to more like eight once they all had to wear masks, and to about six once patients had to wear masks as well.
View ArticleDon't Let COVID-19 Fears Keep You From Seeking Hospital Care, New PSA...
Gov. Charlie Baker and hospital executives say people shouldn't avoid seeking medical care out of fear of contracting COVID-19.
View ArticleMass. Governor, Hospital Leaders Urge Patients Not To Fear Seeking Urgent Care
Hospital leaders warn of a possible "second toll" of the coronavirus epidemic: Patients who are so scared of coming in to the hospital that they do not seek treatment for heart attack, stroke and other...
View ArticleSheriff: Coronavirus Should Not Mean Release Of People In Jail For Addiction...
Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi is pushing back at a class action lawsuit seeking to reduce the number of people in correctional facilities because of COVID-19.
View ArticleDoctors Urge Patients Not To Avoid Treatment At Hospitals For Fear Of...
WBUR Senior Reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered from the State House to talk about the doctors' recommendations during the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleNow Recovered From COVID-19, DPH's Bharel Describes 'Intense Exhaustion' And...
Dr. Bharel joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss her own experience and the way forward for Massachusetts.
View ArticleCOVID-19 Hits Elder Care Facilities In Mass. The Hardest, With More Than...
More than a third of these facilities have at least one person who's tested positive, and the list grows by the day. WBUR's Miriam Wasser joins Bob Oaks to discuss the situation.
View ArticleDoctors Try Out Curbside Vaccinations For Kids To Prevent A Competing Pandemic
There is no way to prevent the coronavirus, but there are vaccines for a dozen-plus diseases that threaten children, in particular. And if kids delay or skip their vaccinations, communities in...
View ArticleAfter Hundreds Of Patients In Somerville COVID-19 Clinic, A Turning Point...
A Somerville clinic finds that among its patients, shortness of breath that begins after several days of COVID-19 symptoms may be a critical turning point.
View Article49 Residents — More Than One-Third — Of Belmont Manor Residents Have Died...
The family-owned Belmont Manor Nursing Home has been one of the hardest hit long-term care facilities in the state.
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