Mass. Eye And Ear Agrees To Pay $2.7M To Resolve Fraud Complaint
Prosecutors say Massachusetts Eye and Ear improperly billed government health care programs for certain office visits, defrauding the country of more than a million dollars.
View ArticleAn Infectious Disease Expert Explains Why He Thinks It's Safe To Lift Outdoor...
In a blog post this week, Dr. Paul Sax, clinical director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital, argued that it's likely time to end the outdoor mask mandates. He...
View ArticleMassachusetts General Hospital Planning $1.9B Expansion
The two connected midrise towers along Cambridge Street in Boston would house 482 beds and new facilities to treat cardiac and cancer patients.
View ArticleIsland Vaccine Access A Concern As Seasonal Populations Swell
Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are more reliant on the stream of doses the Baker administration allocates, with neither island home to a retail pharmacy in the federal vaccination program and every...
View ArticleOfficials: Most Mass. Residents Getting Their 2nd COVID Vaccine Shot
"North of 99%" of Mass. residents have received their second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, which isn't the case in every state of the U.S.
View ArticleCDC Says Fully Vaccinated Americans Can Now Go Outside Without A Mask
U.S. health officials say fully vaccinated Americans don't need to wear masks outdoors anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers, and those who are unvaccinated can go without a face covering...
View ArticleWhile Businesses Cheer Baker's Reopening Plan, Some Health Experts Urge Caution
WBUR's Quincy Walters joined Morning Edition to report.
View ArticleHealey: Vaccines Should Be Required For Public Employees
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, seen as a possible candidate for governor next year, is calling for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for public employees, saying it is a matter of public...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Autopsies Uncover Ways The Coronavirus Kills
A large team of researchers from the Broad Institute, Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and MIT are trying to unlock the mysteries of COVID-19. Their work could lead the way to better treatments.
View ArticleHealth Care Workers Turn To Military Techniques To Deal With Trauma
Dr. Joshua Morganstein — a member of the Air Force — believes having the same kind of "battle buddy" system the armed forces use could also help health care workers deal with the pandemic by pairing...
View ArticleU.N. Program Inks Moderna Deal On 500M Doses, Starting In Q4
Cambridge-based biotech company Moderna will provide up to 500 million doses for the U.N.-backed program to ship coronavirus vaccines to needy people in low- and middle-income countries, but shipments...
View ArticleBill Would Let Minors In Mass. Access HIV Prevention Meds
Massachusetts 17-year-olds can access birth control, abortion, and both testing and treatment for HIV, but they cannot access HIV prevention medication, including in cases where a doctor recommends it....
View ArticleFDA Expected To OK Pfizer Vaccine For Ages 12 To 15 Within Week
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for youngsters ages 12 to 15 by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the...
View ArticleWorcester Field Hospital Demobilizing
The 220-bed field hospital was first set up last spring, then reopened in December to treat patients during a second surge of coronavirus cases. It stopped taking new patients in March but remained in...
View ArticleWalk-Ins Welcomed At Mass Vax Sites Starting Monday
Six of the state's mass vaccination sites will begin offering shots on a walk-up basis next Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday.
View ArticleStudy: Massachusetts Leads In Stimulant Prescriptions
Massachusetts has the highest rate of prescriptions for stimulants among 26 representative states reviewed by a federal agency. The numbers, pulled from prescription drug monitoring programs, include...
View ArticleHealey Will Require Some AG Employees To Be Vaccinated
Attorney General Maura Healey's office confirmed Wednesday that she will require some of her staffers to get vaccinated when they return to in-person, public-facing work.
View ArticleState Sues Marketing Firm For Role In Opioid Crisis
State Attorney General Maura Healey said Publicis Health designed and deployed unfair and deceptive marketing schemes to help Purdue Pharma, a Connecticut drug maker, sell OxyContin, a powerful and...
View ArticleSt. Vincent Nurses On Strike Back At The Bargaining Table
Nurses, represented by the Massachusetts Nurses Association union, are advocating for a 1:4 nurse to patient ratio on medical/surgical floors and telemetry units, increased staffing in the emergency...
View ArticlePfizer Aims For Full FDA Approval Of Vaccine
Pfizer and German partner BioNTech say they’ve started a “rolling submission” of data from their studies of the two-dose vaccine, first giving the FDA data from laboratory and human testing.
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