The World Hopes A Coronavirus Vaccine Will Come To The Rescue. Some...
A contingent of scientists is wary about the coronavirus vaccine frontrunners, which could receive approval from the Food and Drug Administration within the next year. They worry the leading candidates...
View ArticleReport: ACA Repeal Could Leave 422K Mass. Residents Without Health Insurance
Joining WBUR's Morning Edition with more details was Audrey Shelto, president of Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Massachusetts, which funded the report.
View ArticleVirus Uptick Continues With More Than 4,000 Cases In Mass. Over Weekend
The week began Monday with the state tracking 22,023 active cases of COVID-19 after public health officials reported 4,009 new cases of the coronavirus over the weekend and 43 new confirmed deaths from...
View Article'A Sense Of Hope': Experts Weigh In On Early Data From Pfizer's Coronavirus...
In 300-some words, Pfizer released a tantalizing figure describing a glimpse into the results of its Phase 3 clinical trial for a coronavirus vaccine. The first batch of data suggests the vaccine is...
View ArticleState Outlines Steps To Handle COVID 'Second Surge' In Mass. Hospitals
Since Labor Day, coronavirus cases are up nearly 300% and COVID-19 hospitalizations are up about 200%, Baker said, which has driven occupancy at Massachusetts hospitals to 67% overall and 50% at the...
View ArticleUnited In Pandemic Misery: National Survey Finds At Least Moderate Depression...
Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 have been hit hardest with symptoms of depression during the pandemic, a national survey finds, and the emotional distress is not subsiding quickly.
View ArticleMass. Plan Swaps Hospital Competition For Collaboration As COVID-19 Surges A...
Hospitals, grouped into five areas, will meet at least weekly to share updates about their bed capacity, staffing levels, PPE and other supplies, and ability to accept transfer patients.
View ArticleNew England States Ban Interstate Travel For Youth Hockey
The announcement came just days after Massachusetts youth hockey returned from a two-week ban that was instituted because the state's coronavirus contact tracers tied the sport to dozens of clusters.
View ArticleDocumentary Depicts Mother's Quest To Give Son A Worldwide Journey After His...
Hallie Twomey asked friends on social media if they would scatter some of her son's ashes during their travels. The request went viral, with people releasing CJ's ashes around the world and his mother...
View ArticleStudy Details Lives And Money Saved By Supervised Drug Consumption
Supervised consumption sites would save money in addition to lives in six U.S. cites studied by the Institute Clinical and Economic Review. The savings were from fewer ambulance rides, ER visits and...
View ArticleThe Next Wave: How This Mass. Coronavirus Surge Compares To The Spring
Massachusetts is clearly in the throes of a new coronavirus surge, though some of the metrics -- hospitalizations, deaths -- are much better than during the first surge in the spring.
View ArticleIn Worcester, State Will Reopen First Field Hospital For Second Coronavirus...
A 240-bed field hospital will be re-established at the DCU Center in Worcester and is expected to be operational, if needed, by the first week in December, Gov. Charlie Baker said Friday.
View ArticleSurvey Of Mass. Residents Ties Viral Surge To Increased Indoor Gatherings
"We say we want to stop the spread of infection, but we're not consistently acting that way," said a psychologist involved in the survey study.
View ArticleModerna Coronavirus Vaccine Shows High Success In Early U.S. Tests
The Cambridge-based biotech said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according to preliminary data from the company’s still ongoing study.
View ArticleAfter Promising Moderna Results, A Public Health Expert Breaks Down The Race...
For more on the race for a vaccine, Dr. David Hamer, a professor of global health and medicine at the Boston University School of Public Health and School of Medicine, joined WBUR's Morning Edition.
View ArticleAG Report: Technology, Housing Could Alleviate Health Disparities
The report opens by describing a "bleak picture" of racial and ethnic health care disparities in Massachusetts, saying people of color here are generally "less healthy and die younger than white...
View ArticleThere's Optimism Over Moderna Report That Vaccine Is Nearly 95% Effective
While stressing the data are preliminary and must undergo intensive review, Dr. Rick Malley, an infectious disease and vaccine specialist at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, says...
View ArticleQuestions Remain, But Local Experts Say Moderna And Pfizer Coronavirus...
With Moderna's announcement that its coronavirus vaccine looks almost 95% effective, now two vaccines have rocketed past expectations and raised hopes of a vaccine heralding the eventual end of the...
View ArticleMass. Paid Sick Time Support Swells Amid Second Surge
An emergency paid sick time amendment proposed to the Senate budget would allow workers not covered by the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act to access an additional 10 paid sick days for...
View ArticleDCU In Worcester To Reopen As Field Hospital
Worcester's DCU Center, which served as a field hospital during the spring coronavirus surge, will reopen by Dec. 6 and could serve up to 250 patients at full capacity.
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