COVID Variants Driving Up Case Counts On Cape Cod
One day after U.S. Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the B.1.1.7 strain is now the "most common lineage" in the United States, Cape Cod elected officials and health...
View ArticleN.H. To Allow Vaccines For Non-Residents Starting April 19
“Whether you live in Boston, Maine, Vermont, New York, doesn’t matter, come on in, get your vaccine. We’re open for business,” Sununu said at a press conference Thursday in Concord.
View ArticleMobile Clinics Help Deliver Coronavirus Vaccine To Hard-To-Reach People
For the past two months, UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester has held mobile clinics twice a week at sites around central Massachusetts where people might have a tough time traveling to get a shot.
View ArticleMassachusetts' Supply Of J&J Vaccine To Plummet This Week
The state got almost 104,000 doses of the vaccine last week but is scheduled receive only 12,300 doses this week, according to data from the CDC.
View ArticleU.S. Recommends 'Pause' For J&J Vaccine Over Clot Reports
In a joint statement Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration said it was investigating clots in six women in the days after vaccination, in...
View ArticleMass. Health Officials Ask Vaccine Sites To Pause J&J Distribution
The DPH said in a statement that the directive is being given "out of an abundance of caution" as the CDC and FDA review six reported cases of the rare condition, none of which have occurred in...
View ArticleWith Rise In Variants, Mass. Scientists Warn Of Evolutionary Arms Race...
The original coronavirus is being overtaken in Massachusetts by newer and more infectious variants. Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard say these variants now make up more than half of...
View ArticleMass. Vaccine Pre-Registration System Adds 4 Regional Collaboratives
Residents will soon be able to pre-register for appointments at sites operated by regional collaboratives in Northborough, West Springfield, Palmer, and Northampton.
View ArticleHere's How To Book A Vaccine Appointment In Massachusetts
The state estimates that about 2.55 million people will become eligible on Monday. We've asked our readers to weigh in on the best way to make an appointment.
View ArticleDPH Changes Counting Method For Long-Term Care Deaths
In Thursday's weekly report, DPH will start using the federal standard for long-term care deaths, which counts all residents of a facility who died from COVID complications in a facility, hospital or...
View ArticleHouse Approves $400M For New Holyoke Veterans Home
In an effort to address what legislators and advocates have called longstanding inequities at the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, the House voted 160-0 Thursday afternoon to approve legislation authorizing...
View ArticleSome Schools Requiring Testing After Spring Vacation Week
As the April school break kicks off in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, families are being asked to revisit guidelines for testing and quarantining before students get ready to return to school.
View Article'It's About Time': All Massachusetts Residents Become Eligible For The...
People who live or work in Massachusetts, 16 years or older, will now be able to get the shot. The state estimates about 1.7 million people will become eligible.
View ArticleCombating COVID Vaccine Hesitancy May Be Next Battle For Mass.
With all adults now eligible, many public health experts believe the hardest push will be convincing those who remain reluctant.
View ArticleEveryone 16-Plus In Mass. Can Now Sign Up For A Vaccine Appointment
Monday marks the day every adult in Massachusetts is eligible for a COVID shot. After months of having eligibility limited to certain age groups, occupations and health factors, everyone 16 and older...
View ArticleMonday Marks First Day For All Adults In Mass. To Get Vaccine
WBUR's Ally Jarmanning went to the Hynes Convention Center -- a mass vaccination site -- on Monday to talk to people about getting the vaccine, and reported for All Things Considered.
View ArticleMany Parents Want Their Teens To Get The COVID Vaccine. Others Aren't So Sure
Teens 16 and older can get the Pfizer COVID vaccine, but not all parents want their children to get the shot.
View ArticleBirths Dipped After First Pandemic Surge In Mass., But Impact Is Uneven
There were fewer babies born nine or 10 months after the first COVID-19 surge in Massachusetts. The drop is most pronounced at some hospitals that serve lower-income patients. Births ticked up in March...
View ArticleExperts Say COVID Dreams Reflect Evolution Of Pandemic
No one is experiencing the pandemic in exactly the same way, but we share many common fears and anxieties — even when we’re asleep. As the pandemic goes on, dream experts say the evolution of COVID-19...
View ArticleExperts, Advocates Suggest Outdoor Mask Mandates Be Lifted Soon
A conservative group on Tuesday called on Massachusetts' governor to lift the state's outdoor mask-wearing mandate. The calls come as medical experts in New England acknowledge it soon might be safe...
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