'Reasonably Positive' Trends For Mass. Go The Other Way
Every metric that Gov. Charlie Baker has said must show improvement before the economy and society is allowed to restart took a step in the wrong direction in the last 24 hours.
View ArticleMass. Sees Increasing Cases, Largest Single-Day Number Of Coronavirus Deaths...
WBUR reporter Zeninjor Enwemeka joined Morning Edition to discuss the latest local coronavirus news.
View ArticleWalsh: Boston To Expand Virus Testing, With Focus On Vulnerable Populations
Mayor Marty Walsh's office said the city is currently averaging about 1,100 tests each day but would like to get to 1,500 tests per day "targeting efforts in each neighborhood, while prioritizing...
View ArticleBrookline To Test Hundreds For Virus Antibodies
The town will test about 200 of its first responders and essential workers on May 11 and 400 randomly selected residents on May 15.
View ArticleContact Tracers Say Many Calls Going Unanswered
Gov. Charlie Baker had a simple message Thursday for residents looking for their "chance to fight back" against COVID-19: Answer the phone. Apparently, many people are not.
View ArticleField Hospital On Cape Cod Closes After Lack Of Use
A Department of Public Health spokesperson said other hospitals in the area were able to manage the surge in patients without needing the field hospital.
View ArticleCoronavirus Cases Rising In Worcester
While many areas in Massachusetts seem to have already experienced their COVID-19 surges, Worcester is now seeing a high number of cases.
View ArticleMassachusetts Is Not Out Of The Coronavirus Surge Yet, According To The...
Senior State House Reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered to talk about the latest coronavirus-related news in Massachusetts.
View ArticleCambridge-Based Moderna's Vaccine Is Advancing
Moderna Therapeutics' vaccine candidate, mRNA-1273, will soon begin Phase 2 of development.
View ArticleMass. Virus Cases Have Jumped From 28 To Over 74,000 In Just 2 Months
For an update on the pandemic, WBUR's Morning Edition was joined by Commonhealth's Carey Goldberg.
View ArticleCape Cod Healthcare Furloughs Hundreds Of Workers
The hospital group announced that it is furloughing about 600 workers, or 10% of its labor force, because of “historic” financial losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleWhere’s The Money? A Dispute Boils Between Doctors, Hospitals And Health...
As the intense focus on preparing for the COVID-19 surge shifts, there’s mounting anger from providers directed at insurance companies. Insurers say their finances are also precarious.
View ArticleSummer Heat Could Slow Coronavirus Spread But Only Modestly, Harvard And MIT...
The projections suggest that social distancing and other measures to fight the coronavirus will be needed through summer and beyond.
View ArticleWorcester Leaders Say Coronavirus Measures Allow City To 'Do Wonders' For...
The most recent round of testing found just four people with the coronavirus -- or 7% of the 59 people staying at the city's emergency adult shelter, city leaders say.
View ArticleFeds Shift Distribution Of COVID-19 Drug After Confusion Among Hospitals
Massachusetts General Hospital officials will receive some of the drug, remdesivir. But other major hospitals, including Brigham and Women’s, Beth Israel and Boston Medical Center, will not.
View ArticleFeds Announce New Distribution Plan For COVID-19 Drug
Massachusetts General Hospital and three smaller hospitals were in the first round of allocations, leaving out some major institutions treating hundreds of patients.
View Article'It Just Broke Me': Health Workers Struggle For Time To Grieve Patients Lost...
Clinicians on the front lines of the pandemic have to handle the grief of many deaths while tending to other patients that still need their care. For many, it’s a struggle to manage those emotions; for...
View ArticleMass. Hit A Plateau In New Virus Cases Last Week, But Numbers Still Raise...
Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at Boston University and an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center, joined WBUR's Morning Edition for a weekly update on the...
View ArticleGov.'s Reopening Task Force Report Due In A Week
To help make sense of the good and the bad, Bostonomix reporter Callum Borchers joined Morning Edition.
View ArticleMass. Wanted Someone With Health Care Experience To Oversee Soldiers' Homes....
Could an executive director of veterans’ homes and housing have mitigated the coronavirus outbreak at the state-run homes? Massachusetts lawmakers argue that's a question worth analyzing.
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