Baker Extends State's Business Shutdown And Stay-At-Home Advisory
Senior State House Reporter Steve Brown joins WBUR's All Things Considered to talk about the extension of the state's economic shutdown and the latest on the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleResearchers Built Various Models To Predict Pandemic Shifts. Right Now, They...
Until more data become available, it's difficult for scientists to understand how policies might affect the outbreak's severity.
View ArticleBoston Mayor Marty Walsh Discusses The City's Plans For Recovery
Mayor Marty Walsh joined WBUR's Morning Edition to answer questions about the city's plans for short-, middle- and long-term recovery.
View ArticleNon-Essential Mass. Businesses To Remain Closed Until May 18
Joining Morning Edition to discuss this, along with other local coronavirus news was reporter Quincy Walters.
View ArticleIf You're Admitted To A Partners HealthCare Hospital, Expect A Coronavirus Test
Patients and hospital staff can expect to have the results within one to three hours. Partners says testing all patients will improve safety for both patients and hospital staff. Partners has also...
View ArticleFor COVID-19 Patients Who Survive The ICU, A New Struggle Awaits
A social worker in the intensive care unit and critical illness recovery program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston joined WBUR to discuss the problems patients can face once they leave critical...
View ArticleMass. Cities And Towns That Now Require Face Masks, Coverings In Public
As the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths continue to rise in Massachusetts, some cities and towns are mandating that face masks or other protective coverings be worn in public.
View ArticleState Looking Into Unreported COVID-19 Deaths
Officially, 3,153 people have died of COVID-19 in Massachusetts, but new data released late Tuesday by the CDC suggested the number of people who died of all causes was roughly 50% higher than normal...
View Article'Dental Cupid' Makes Pandemic-Era Matches Between Emergency Patients And...
The directory offers help for patients in dire dental need who can't reach their dentist or don't have one, and it has caught on quickly in Massachusetts and beyond.
View ArticleBaker Signs Public Health Standards Bill Into Law
Under the law, the state is expected provide funding to local boards through a competitive grant program.
View ArticleMass. Sees Largest Single Day Increase In Coronavirus Deaths
To discuss that and other coronavirus news, Morning Edition host Bob Oakes joined by WBUR reporter Zeninjor Enwemeka.
View ArticleWBUR Town Hall: The Societal Costs Of COVID-19
WBUR reporter Callum Borchers will discuss with Boston University School of Public Health Dean Sandro Galea.
View ArticleReport: MIT Testing Finds Many Face Masks Distributed By State Deficient
Many of the protective face masks distributed by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency in the battle against the coronavirus were deficient, according to a published report.
View ArticleBaker: Tracing Team Has Contacted 5,000 People
Baker said about 1,000 people are working as part of the contact tracing program, a collaboration with Partners in Health.
View ArticleFirst Prisoner At County Jail Dies Of COVID-19
A 41-year-old inmate from the Middleton House of Correction died Wednesday night from complications due to COVID-19.
View ArticleDedication And Donuts: The Extraordinary And The Everyday In The COVID-19 ICU
"Life in the intensive care unit always blends the extraordinary with the everyday. That is true now more than ever. "
View ArticleBlue Cross Sees Hundredfold Increase In Telehealth Visits During Pandemic
In the past six weeks, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts recorded more than a half million telehealth visits.
View ArticleBaker Says Mass. Has Bent The Curve In The Coronavirus Pandemic
Senior Reporter Steve Brown joins WBUR's All Things Considered from Beacon Hill.
View ArticleMass. Unemployment Filings Have Hit A New Record
For the latest update on COVID-19 in the state, WBUR's Morning Edition was joined by reporter Carey Goldberg.
View ArticleBaker Orders Mass. Residents To Wear Masks Beginning May 6
Gov. Charlie Baker said the order would require anyone over the age of 2 to wear the masks while outside and unable to maintain the proper physical distance needed to help slow the spread of the...
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