Most Residential Addiction Treatment Programs Don’t Offer Live-Saving Medication
The results build on previous research that shows most programs that patients check in to for days, weeks or months at a time do not offer any of the FDA-approved medications to treat an opioid use...
View ArticleLawmakers Want Free Testing In Hampshire County
The Baker administration's current COVID-19 monitoring "fails to paint a nuanced picture" for many western Massachusetts communities, state lawmakers warned Monday as they called for the establishment...
View ArticleHealth Care Workers Face Mental Health Struggles After Caring For COVID Patients
Health care workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic are confronting a disease they are only starting to understand, and suffering they often can’t alleviate. That as they work long...
View ArticleWhen You Will Have To Pay For A Coronavirus Test In Mass. And Why
If you want to get a coronavirus test, here's what you need to know about when you might be on the hook for the bill.
View ArticleEconomist Uses Data-Driven Approach To Advise Parents About Risks Of COVID-19
Brown University economics professor Emily Oster joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how relying on data can help parents make safer decisions for their children during the coronavirus pandemic.
View ArticleMass. COVID-19 Cluster Traced To Rhode Island Bachelorette Party
Nineteen guests who attended the late July gathering at an undisclosed location were sickened, authorities said. Seventeen were from Massachusetts.
View ArticleModerna: Vaccine Had Promising Results In Early Trial Of Older Adults
The Cambridge-based biotech offered a first public peek of the earlier test results -- in 10 people ages 56 to 70, and 10 over 70 -- at a meeting of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and...
View ArticleFuturistic Fat-Fighting Fantasy: Using CRISPR To Tweak 'Bad' Fat Into Acting...
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and elsewhere report using CRISPR to re-engineer white fat cells into something closer to brown fat cells, the type that burns energy rather than storing it.
View Article'Huellas' Genéticas Sugieren Que La Conferencia De Biogen Sembró 40% De Los...
En general, los datos sugieren que el evento provocó el 40% de todas las infecciones por COVID-19 en el área de Boston a partir del 1 de julio.
View ArticleMedical Experts Raise Questions About COVID-19 Data From Mass. Jails And Prisons
Despite mandated reporting of COVID-19 numbers and testing in Massachusetts jails and prisons, some doctors are raising questions about the data and research being gathered.
View ArticlePrimary Preview: Staying Safe At The Polls On Sept. 1
If you're voting in person tomorrow, you'll want to take extra precautions against spreading or contracting COVID-19.
View ArticleBroad Institute: Fewer Than 1 In 1,000 New England College Students Testing...
Among roughly 400,000 tests from more than 100 New England colleges, the coronavirus rate is looking much lower than on statewide testing.
View ArticleDepression Increases More Than Three-Fold In Wake Of Pandemic, BU Study Finds
The survey found 27.8% of adults reported symptoms of depression, up from 8.5% the last time the same questionnaire was administered to a national sample. Depression severity also increased significantly.
View ArticleSomerville, Northeastern Partner To Look For Coronavirus In City Sewage
By testing raw sewage for shed coronavirus particles at ten sites throughout the city, Somerville's mayor said he hopes to "get ahead of the virus."
View Article1 Spring Of COVID-19 Took Far Higher Toll Than 5 Flu Seasons, Boston Hospital...
Two weeks on the ventilator vs. three days. More than triple the deaths. New numbers from one hospital offer insights into just how much worse severe COVID-19 is than the flu.
View ArticleShortage Of Dry Ice Could Chill Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution
“The demand on dry ice is so high around the country that people have been calling us from Chicago, Seattle, Texas, Wyoming,” says Marc Savenor, owner of Acme Dry Ice in Cambridge.
View ArticleMultilingual Outreach Workers Share COVID-19 Prevention Tips In Mass. Cities...
The teams of multilingual outreach workers are focusing on the cities of Chelsea, Everett, Lawrence, Lynn and Revere.
View ArticleState Halts COVID Testing At Orig3n After Hundreds Of False Positives
The lab is now expected to respond with a plan of correction, according to DPH, otherwise it could face sanctions.
View ArticleRemote Learning Strains Medical Workers And Their Employers
“With the hospital, it’s those set hours, during school hours. There’s no way around that,” says one parent who is considering quitting her hospital job to supervise her child's schooling.
View ArticleMass. Public Health Commissioner On Temporary Medical Leave
Bharel's absence is unrelated to COVID-19, according to a statement from the Department of Public Health. She is expected to return to work in early October.
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