Mass. Resident Will Be Required To Wear Masks In Public
Senior State House reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered from Beacon Hill to talk about the day's coronavirus news.
View ArticleMore Than 4,000 Mass. Residents Have Died Of COVID-19
Only New York, New Jersey and Michigan have reported more coronavirus-related deaths than Massachusetts.
View ArticleMany Hospitals Now Sanitize And Reuse Masks. Workers And Researchers Have...
How many times can a mask be cleaned and reused -- and still be safe? That’s a question nurses, doctors and medical researchers are asking, as new operations to decontaminate masks at mass scale crop...
View ArticleMass. Surpasses 4,000 Coronavirus Deaths As Pandemic Intensifies
WBUR reporter Callum Borchers joined Morning Edition live to report.
View ArticleWhen Will Mass. Start To See The Infection Curve Go Down?
For perspective on this, WBUR's Morning Edition turned to Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at Boston University, and an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center.
View ArticleSpiritual Care At A Distance, Masked: Chaplains During COVID-19
Hospital and nursing home chaplains are working round the clock as the death toll from COVID-19 rises in Massachusetts and beyond. WBUR asked four members of the clergy who counsel patients in...
View ArticleCommon Heart Medications Do Not Increase COVID-19 Risks, Studies Say
People with heart disease have a higher risk of dying from COVID-19, but probably not because of ACE inhibitors or other medications.
View ArticleAfter Weeks Of Social Distancing, COVID-19 Hospitalizations In Mass. See A...
The minor improvement in COVID-19 hospitalizations and infections is due to public efforts social distancing, Tabb says. He says that while the latest numbers are good news, the data do not mean it’s...
View ArticleSigns Show Mass. Virus Outbreak May Be Easing
WBUR's senior political Anthony Brooks joined WBUR's Morning Edition with the latest on the pandemic.
View ArticleMass. COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Continue Downward Trend
Senior State House Reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered for a daily report during the state's coronavirus surge.
View ArticleHere's How Coronavirus Contact Tracing Works in Massachusetts
Gov. Charlie Baker says contact tracing is a key piece of his strategy to control the coronavirus and reassure the public.
View ArticleHow To Properly Use and Clean A Face Mask When You Can't Socially Distance
Christina Nester, a registered nurse in Worcester, joined WBUR's All Things Considered to explain proper face mask protocol ahead of Governor Baker's face mask rule going into effect Wednesday.
View ArticleHospice Is Supposed To Offer A Gentler End. But Coronavirus Patients Are...
Supply shortages, staff shortages, isolation -- in the chaos of the pandemic, the hospice care industry is struggling to meet patients’ needs.
View ArticleThe Mass. Mask Order Takes Effect: What You Should Know
Starting today, almost all people in Massachusetts who cannot safely practice physical distancing in public must wear a mask or face-covering.
View ArticleCOVID-19: The Word On Several Medications
In Massachusetts, there are now around 900 patients suffering from COVID-19 in intensive care units; and despite hundreds of drug trials going on around the world, there are still no medications proven...
View ArticleFrom Rules To Cleaning, Everything To Know About Masks And The Mass. Order To...
As of Wednesday, Massachusetts residents must wear a face mask or covering in public if they cannot practice proper "social distancing" from others.
View ArticleWBUR Town Hall: How Acting on Climate Change Can Prevent Future Pandemics
WBUR senior environment editor Barbara Moran speaks with Dr. Aaron Bernstein, pediatrician at Boston's Children's Hospital and director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at...
View ArticleWBUR Poll: Only Half Of Mass. Nurses Say Workplace Has Enough Protective...
Fear of the coronavirus among Massachusetts nurses is widespread but morale remains high, a WBUR poll of over 400 nurses finds.
View ArticleWBUR Poll: Mass. Nurses Prefer Baker's Leadership Over Trump's
Also: a large majority of nurses expressed concerns about efforts to re-open Massachusetts too quickly without more testing.
View Article'Boston Hope Gave Me That — Hope': Coronavirus Care And More For Homeless...
About 300 people have stayed at the homeless respite shelter in the field hospital known as Boston Hope. Staffers from Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, who are running the respite, have...
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