FDA Approves First COVID-19 Drug: Antiviral Remdesivir
The drug, which California-based Gilead Sciences Inc. is calling Veklury, cut the time to recovery by five days in a large study led by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
View ArticleCOVID-19 Hit Mass. Nursing Homes Hard — Especially Those Serving People Of...
A WBUR analysis found that more diverse nursing homes in Massachusetts had higher COVID-19 death rates than predominantly white facilities.
View ArticleHighest Risk Category Now Includes 77 Mass. Towns
The Department of Public Health reported 986 new COVID-19 cases Thursday -- more than it has in months. Almost one quarter of the cities or towns in the state are now designated as being at the...
View Article'The Numbers Don't Look Good' As Mass. Coronavirus Indicators Continue To Rise
Massachusetts coronavirus numbers continue to rise, but it's not clear whether this is the beginning of a sharp surge or the curve will remain flatter.
View ArticlePalpable Anxiety For Health Care Workers As COVID-19 Cases Rise In Massachusetts
“I didn’t realize the impact that it had on me during the spring because it was busy, and it was new,” says one nurse who cared for COVID-19 patients. Now “emotionally, I have to brace myself.”
View ArticleTrendline Direction Is Difference Between May, October Virus Numbers
The number of active cases is at its highest point since the state began reporting that data and has been steadily climbing since the middle of the summer. But since May, testing has increased, the...
View ArticleConcerned About COVID-19 Resurgence, Boston Officials Urge All Residents To...
There are a few sites across Boston where residents can get free coronavirus tests, even if they have no symptoms, and Mayor Marty Walsh wants as many people to take advantage of them as possible. In...
View ArticlePotential 2nd Wave Of Virus Creeps Up In Mass. As Holidays Approach
To talk more about the latest coronavirus news and the upcoming holidays, WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes was joined by Dr. David Hamer, professor of global health and medicine at the Boston...
View ArticleHow Mass General Brigham Plans To Dismantle Racism In And Outside Hospital Walls
The project, called “United Against Racism,” includes changes in leadership, culture and patient care. It also expands efforts to address hunger, housing and job opportunities outside hospital walls.
View ArticleModerna: 'We're Ready' To Ship 20 Million Coronavirus Vaccine Doses By The...
The third and final clinical trial for Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine is still under way, but the company is already on an aggressive schedule to manufacture and ship the vaccine immediately if it is...
View ArticleMass. Takes Close Look At Cluster Origins To Stop Coronavirus Spread
The most common place with two or more cases is in a home among residents, according to state data. Other top spots for clusters or cases connected to them include child care centers, nursing homes,...
View Article121 Mass. Communities Now In Highest Risk Category For Virus
More than one-third of the cities and towns in Massachusetts now stand in the Department of Public Health's highest risk designation for COVID-19, while the statewide incidence rate increased again in...
View Article10,000 Deaths: Mass. Reaches Another Grim Milestone Of Lives Lost To COVID-19
Nearly as many Massachusetts residents have now died from the coronavirus as were killed in World War II
View Article'The Biological Event Of Our Lives': Boston Biotech Unicorn Dives Into Mass...
Ginkgo Bioworks in Boston's Seaport is aiming to get a high-throughput test-processing operation that uses top-of-the-line DNA analysis machines up and running by early December, its CEO says.
View ArticleFormer Soldiers' Home Officials Charged With Mishandling Virus Outbreak Plead...
The defendants each face five counts of causing serious bodily injury and five counts of criminal neglect.
View ArticleWalsh Says Coronavirus Testing Is Up 8% In Boston. Here's Why The Mayor Wants...
Mayor Marty Walsh is advocating for increased testing as a way for the city to get a better understanding of where transmission is occurring.
View ArticleBoston Officials Say City Is At Critical Point In Virus Fight
Boston's Chief of Health and Human Services Marty Martinez joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to discuss.
View ArticleWith State's New Coronavirus Risk Metrics, Only 16 Communities Labeled High-Risk
The new measurement system raises the cases required per 100,000 threshold for the "red" designation while adding variables for community size and positive test rate.
View ArticlePandemic Has 'Fat Tail' With More Superspreading Events Than Expected, MIT...
The researchers say a simulation suggests that limiting contacts enough to prevent superspreading events could be enough to quash the pandemic.
View ArticleYouth Hockey Returns With New COVID Rules, But Its Overall Safety Is Still A...
Youth hockey is set to return this weekend after a two-week shutdown due to more than a hundred coronavirus cases tied to the sport.
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