Fully Vaccinated Exempt From State Travel Order
People who have completed their COVID-19 vaccine regimen are no longer subject to the state's test-or-quarantine travel requirements as long as it has been more than 14 days since their final dose,...
View ArticleTackling Vaccine Hesitancy In Massachusetts, One Conversation At A Time
Hospitals, health centers, churches and other groups are seeking out residents who feel hesitant about COVID vaccines, and encouraging them to talk about why with people they trust, in places where...
View ArticleReport: Many State Police Employees Have Not Been Vaccinated
About 30% of Massachusetts State Police employees have not received a COVID-19 vaccination even though the department has offered shots at its own clinics, according to state data.
View ArticleCOVID-19 Variant From Brazil Found In Massachusetts
The person with the variant is described only as a woman in her 30s who lives in Barnstable County and tested positive in late February, the Department of Public Health said in a statement.
View ArticleWhen Can You Get Vaccinated? Baker Outlines All Remaining Dates For Residents...
As of April 19, every Massachusetts resident over age 16 will be eligible to sign up to get a coronavirus vaccine.
View ArticleWhen And How Can I Get My Vaccine Shot?
Let's talk about the vaccine rollout in Massachusetts, how you can register for your shot(s), where you'll go to get inoculated, what to expect when you do, and what happens after.
View Article'It Feels Like A Gut Punch': Some Mass. Residents Are Left Hunting For Second...
As Massachusetts moves to allow more residents to get coronavirus vaccines, there's stiff competition for a limited number of appointments. And some people seeking second doses may be getting left...
View ArticleNew Mass Vaccination Site At Hynes Convention Center Opens
The Hynes site is replacing Fenway Park, which the Red Sox need for the start of baseball season on April 1. The two sites will overlap for a while with Fenway expected to keep operating until March 27.
View ArticleState Easing Travel Rules With Next Reopening Step Starting Monday
The order that required people entering Massachusetts from most states to fill out a form and quarantine for 10 days, test negative for COVID-19, or face fines will be replaced with an advisory that...
View ArticleInfectious Disease Expert Says He's On Board With Gov. Baker's Reopening Plans
Dr. Jorge Fleisher says he approves of the governor's reopening plan -- that it falls in line with the state's current COVID-19 transmission rate and the country's ambitious vaccine rollout.
View ArticleMore Than 1 Million Mass. Residents Fully Vaccinated
Overall, 13.87% of Massachusetts residents have been vaccinated, ranking 12th among the states in that category, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
View ArticlePregnant Or Lactating? Vaccinated People Might Be Passing On COVID Immunity...
Although pregnant and lactating people were left out of the original clinical trials for coronavirus vaccines, encouraging data is now beginning to trickle in, says Dr. Andrea Edlow, a maternal fetal...
View ArticleInfectious Disease Expert Warns Baker's Reopening Plan Is Risky
On Monday, Massachusetts enters stage four in the governor's reopening plan. This means indoor public gatherings of up to 100 people will now be permitted. Stadiums, arenas and ball parks will be...
View ArticleA Rapid COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout Backfired In Some U.S. States
A surprising new analysis found that states such as South Carolina and Florida that raced ahead of others to offer the vaccine to ever-larger groups of people have vaccinated smaller shares of their...
View Article400K Pre-Registered For Vaccine In Mass. On First Day Of Website Launch
After a day-one crash of the state's vaccine appointment finder website, the stakes were high for the new pre-registration system Massachusetts launched with Google's help.
View ArticleRate Of Second Vaccine Doses In Boston's Homeless Community Higher Than Expected
So far, 77% of people due for their second vaccine doses have received them, according to Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program.
View ArticleEast Boston Health Center To Receive $14.7 From Federal Gov. To Increase...
Manny Lopes, the president and CEO of the health center, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to discuss.
View ArticleCape Cod Now Facing A New Cluster COVID-19 Cases
Barnstable County has recorded more than 1,000 new positive COVID-19 tests in the past 14 days, with a positive-test rate of 5.6% that is more than double the statewide average.
View ArticleHomebound Vaccination Program To Start Monday
Massachusetts will launch a program next week to bring vaccines directly to its roughly 25,000 homebound residents, offering doses either through local boards of health or a statewide service.
View ArticleMass. Psychiatrists Concerned About Increase In Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts...
Boston Children's Hospital reports that between July and October of last year it saw a 47% increase, over the same period the year before, in kids needing to be hospitalized for suicidal ideation or...
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