Mass. Sending $800 Million More To Health Care Providers
A new $800 million investment in Massachusetts health care providers who are critical to pandemic response adds to $840 million in previously announced financial assistance.
View ArticleHolyoke Soldiers' Home Staffers Say They've Been Told To Work If They're...
The union representing staff say an email told employees that if they test positive but are asymptomatic, they should continue to work.
View ArticleThinking Through The Unthinkable: How Mass. Hospitals May Decide Who Gets A...
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is out with guidelines that address some of the most challenging questions doctors and nurses will face during the pandemic.
View ArticleState Reports 96 Additional Deaths From COVID-19, Announces $800 Million To...
Senior reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins to discuss the latest news related to the coronavirus in Massachusetts.
View ArticleAt North Shore Medical Center, The Daunting Math Of Facing The COVID-19 Surge
North Shore Medical Center, a big community hospital on Boston's North Shore, is preparing to have ten times its usual number of patients on ventilators.
View ArticleMass. Preparing For Spike In Coronavirus Cases By End Of Week
WBUR's Quincy Walters joined Morning Edition to talk about the latest developments.
View ArticleWorcester's City Manager On How The City Is Preparing For Coronavirus Surge
Since April 1, Worcester has seen an average of 51 new cases a day. There are now 398 confirmed cases in the city.
View ArticleLawmakers To Field COVID-19 Liability Legislation
Providers are "anxious" about caring for patients under circumstances and in facilities with which they are not familiar, according to an official familiar with the legislation.
View ArticleFrontline Health Care Workers, Bracing For A Surge, Issue Another Plea For...
A coalition of health care providers issued a call for help to Governor Baker. The list of urgent needs includes increased freedom to move from one hospital to another and, always, more masks and gear...
View ArticleGov. Baker Says Social Distancing Measures May Be Helping 'Flatten The Curve'...
Senior reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins to discuss the day's developments.
View ArticleMass. Begins Releasing Race Data On Coronavirus, But Only A Third Of Cases...
Just a third, or 33%, of the nearly 17,000 reported coronavirus cases reflect the person's race or ethnicity.
View ArticleNearly 17,000 In Mass. Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus, But Gov. Baker...
To discuss the latest local coronavirus news, WBUR business reporter Zeninjor Enwemeka joined Morning Edition's Bob Oakes.
View ArticleAmerican Attitudes Of Hubris, Isolationism And Distrust During The Pandemic
Wendy Parmet, director of the Center for Health Policy and Law at Northeastern University, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how our attitudes are shaping the response to the pandemic.
View ArticleConvention Centers Fill With Beds For COVID-19, Including 500 For Boston's...
There are already hundreds of COVID-positive patients who are homeless, according to Boston Healthcare for the Homeless, and more are testing positive every day. The convention center will help, but...
View ArticleMass. Hospitals To Launch Trial Of Japanese Drug Aimed At Fighting COVID-19
Massachusetts hospitals will soon launch the first US clinical trials of the drug Avigan (favipiravir) against COVID-19.
View Article7 Dead, Infections Widespread at Wilmington Nursing Home
Pointe Group Care reported Wednesday afternoon that 77 of 91 residents at AdviniaCare in Wilmington have tested positive, and seven other residents who were receiving end-of-life care there have died...
View ArticleAG Healey Warns Against Smoking, Vaping During Pandemic
"Quitting during this pandemic could not only save your life, but by preventing the need for treatment in a hospital, you might also save someone else's life," Dr. Jonathan Winickoff, the director of...
View ArticleSoldiers' Home Official Defends Coronavirus Response After 27 Deaths
Bennett Walsh said he is cooperating with Gov. Charlie Baker’s investigation into his actions as superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. Walsh said reports that state officials were not notified...
View ArticleTelemedicine Use Has Nearly Tripled Among Mass. Residents, Poll Shows
Before social distancing and stay-at-home advisories began in mid-March, just 8% of Massachusetts residents said they had consulted with a physician by phone or video. That figure has now climbed to 21%.
View ArticleBaker Signs New Orders To Bolster Medical Staff Ahead Of COVID-19 Case Surge
One will make it easier for foreign-educated doctors to get licensed in Massachusetts, another will allow nursing school graduates and those in their final semester to practice, while directly supervised.
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