Mass. Surpasses 1,000 Deaths As Baker Says State Is In The Coronavirus Surge
To discuss the latest coronavirus news, WBUR's Zeninjor Enwemeka joined Morning Edition host Bob Oakes.
View ArticleState Releases Town-By-Town COVID-19 Case Data
Thedata, which reflects case information as of Tuesday, paints a new and more acute picture of how the dangerous and contagious virus has hit the state. The Department of Public Health on Wednesday...
View ArticlePhotos: Boston Public Safety Officials Cheer Tufts Healthcare Workers
Boston public safety officials, including police, fire and EMS, drove by Tufts Medical Center Wednesday night to cheer on the hospital's healthcare workers, some of whom stood outside to wave to the...
View ArticleMIT Converts Ice Rink To Coronavirus Care Center
The Sean Collier Care Center, named for an MIT police officer who was killed in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, will care for patients who have tested positive for the virus but do not require...
View ArticleBroad, Partners Team Up To Study The Coronavirus
The project will help scientists study a large collection of medical data that will offer insights into why some people are severely affected by the disease and others are asymptomatic.
View Article30 Deaths, Another 86 Positive Tests: Nearly All Belmont Manor Nursing Home...
The family-operated nursing home has one of the highest fatality rates among long-term care facilities in the state.
View Article137 Patients, 100 Staff Test Positive In COVID-19 Outbreaks At Two State-Run...
The facilities care for hundreds of patients, including many with chronic physical and behavioral health conditions.
View ArticleReported Coronavirus Cases By City And Town In Massachusetts
Massachusetts health officials are now releasing municipality level data on coronavirus cases.
View ArticleNIH Scientists Say N95 Masks Can Be Cleaned At Least 3 Times — But The FDA Is...
In a study this week, researchers found that it’s safe to clean and reuse the highly sought-after N95 respirator masks at least three times. But that raises questions about whether a new plan to...
View ArticleUnemployment Claims Jump Again in Mass.
Senior reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered from the State House with the day's coronavirus news.
View ArticleHow Intubation Went From A Common Hospital Procedure To A Critical Function...
WBUR’s Carey Goldberg spoke with a leading Boston intensive care physician about how doctors are using this potentially lifesaving treatment.
View ArticleU.S. Attorney Asks Mass. Hospitals To Report Fraud
In a letter to hospital leadership, Lelling encouraged the reporting of "individuals and companies that may have acquired vital medical supplies in excess of what they would reasonably use, or for the...
View ArticleShe’s A Nurse. She’s Pregnant. She’s Got COVID-19.
Amanda Joyce woke up one morning feeling like she’d been slammed onto a wrestling mat, again and again. She reached for her phone and used an app to check her baby’s heart rate. Joyce was five and half...
View ArticleAfter The Surge: WBUR Virtual Town Hall Answers Your Questions About What...
WBUR health and science reporter Carey Goldberg interviews Dr. Kevin Tabb, president and CEO of Beth Israel Lahey Health, about the upcoming challenges for health care in Massachusetts after the surge...
View ArticleLack Of Swabs Hindering Widescale Virus Testing
WBUR's Barbara Moran joined Morning Edition to report how the problem may soon be solved.
View ArticleNearly 141,000 Mass. Residents Have Been Tested For The Coronavirus
WBUR's Carey Goldberg joined Morning Edition to share the latest.
View ArticleWorcester's St. Vincent Hospital Plans Nurse Furloughs
St. Vincent Hospital in Worcester, which is owned by Tenet Healthcare of Dallas, said Thursday all the furloughs would be voluntary.
View ArticleWorker At Swampscott Whole Foods Dies From COVID-19
An employee of the Whole Foods in Swampscott has died from COVID-19, the company said Friday in a statement.
View ArticleMajority Of State Hospital Beds Open During Surge
The majority of the state's hospital beds are available for patients, including some of those set up at field hospitals in case of an overflow due to the coronavirus. Governor Charlie Baker said we are...
View ArticleMass. General Hospital Manager Works to Keep Staff And Patients Safe From...
WBUR's Khari Thompson spoke with Awilda Lalande of Massachusetts General's Environmental Services Department, about her role in keeping medical staff and patients safe from the coronavirus.
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