Mass. Prisoners Are Making Masks, Gowns And Other Coronavirus Supplies
Some have criticized the program, in part because some prisoners earn less than $1 an hour.
View ArticleMass. To Roll Out Mobile Coronavirus Testing For Nursing Homes
Teams for the pilot program will be staffed by trained personnel from the state National Guard.
View Article'It Didn't Have To Get That Bad': Veteran Service Officer Says Problems At...
Thirteen veterans have died at the facility in recent days. Six are confirmed to have had COVID-19. One tested negative for the coronavirus, and the other results are pending. So far, 10 additional...
View ArticleExperimental Blood Test Detects Many Dangerous Cancers, Study Finds
The test is designed to find cancers that shed DNA into the blood, including pancreatic and ovarian cancer, says Prof. Geoff Oxnard of Dana-Farber and Harvard, who helped lead the study.
View ArticleNortheastern Epidemic Researcher Puts White House COVID-19 Death Projections...
Sam Scarpino, a professor of network science who heads up Northeastern University’s Emergent Epidemics Lab, models coronavirus outbreaks around the world to better inform the game plan for...
View ArticleWilmington Nursing Home Converting To COVID-19 Facility
AdviniaCare at Wilmington announced plans late Tuesday to temporarily designate its 142-bed skilled nursing facility to care for patients diagnosed with the respiratory disease who are recovering and...
View ArticleWorcester Nursing Home ‘Pauses’ Transfer Of Residents As Several Test...
The case complicates a process that, for the adult children of Beaumont's elderly residents, was already emotional.
View ArticleI'm A Doctor Who Got COVID-19. Here's What I Learned
I exposed my patients, my parents and my friends. I exposed my husband and my kids. All without knowing.
View ArticleAfter COVID-19 Deaths At Holyoke Veterans' Home, Sister Facility In Chelsea...
At least two residents and two employees of the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea -- a state-run facility for older veterans -- have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those residents, one has died. It's unclear...
View ArticleR.I. Mayors Want Shuttered Hospital Reopened As COVID-19 Care Site
Pawtucket Mayor Donald Grebien and Central Falls Mayor James Diossa sent a letter to Care New England this week saying Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket could be used as a testing site, respiratory center...
View ArticleThere Are Now More Than 100 Deaths Due To COVID-19 In Mass.
The 122 deaths reported is a 37% jump from the day before.
View ArticleCoronavirus Cases Now In Three Prisons And Five Jails Across Mass.
The coronavirus is now in three prisons and four jails across the state, bringing the total known infected staff and prisoners to 35 people.
View ArticleBoston Students Help Repair Medical Masks After Tufts Receives Damaged Donation
When the Tufts Medical Center accepted a private donation of some 6,000 face masks in March, their gratitude was mixed with frustration: Although the masks were still wrapped in their original...
View ArticleOver 100 Mass. Residents Have Died Of The Coronavirus
For the latest on the pandemic, WBUR business reporter Zeninjor Enwemeka joined Morning Edition's Bob Oakes.
View ArticleLessons From The Tuberculosis Bullet That Boston Dodged In The '90s Could...
"Boston has impressive public health talents. Now is the time to use them."
View ArticleUMass Memorial Medical Center Has Enough Equipment For Now, But Is Readily...
Dr. Kimi Kobayashi, chief quality officer at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, works on the front lines of the effort to secure more PPE. He joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to...
View ArticleFitchburg Arena Tapped As Temporary Morgue In Anticipation Of Upped...
The state's chief medical examiner established a staging area at the university's Landry Arena to serve as a temporary morgue should the need arise if the COVID-19 death toll accelerates or if staff...
View ArticleBaker Upping Health Care Resources As COVID-19 Models Predict Up To 172,000...
Gov. Charlie Baker said a panel of medical expertsestimates that between 47,000 and 172,000 residents will be infected, or 0.7% to 2.5%, and that the virus is likely to peak in Massachusetts between...
View Article1,000 Beds Planned For Boston Convention Center To Treat Coronavirus Patients
Half the beds would be dedicated to serving people who are homeless and have the the coronavirus, but don't need full hospital care. The other 500 beds will be for coronavirus patients coming from...
View ArticleAs COVID-19 Killed Veterans, Holyoke Soldiers' Home Staffers Say Leadership...
Several Soldiers' Home employees gave WBUR damning accounts of poor decision-making by leaders at the Holyoke facility that likely contributed to the spread of the virus among residents and staff.
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