Hospital Morgues Temporarily Store Deceased In Trailers
Hospital morgues over capacity must keep deceased in refrigerated trailers temporarily.
View ArticleNew Legal Action To Free Massachusetts Prisoners Due To COVID-19
Advocates say the state is not responding to the pandemic quickly enough and is endangering the health of those in custody.
View ArticleCOVID-19 Contact Tracing Has Launched In Mass. Here's How The Effort Is Going...
So far, people who have tested positive for the coronavirus are identifying fewer close contacts than project organizers expected. Also, many of the people listed as close contacts aren't answering...
View ArticleA Dispatch From Mass. General's Emergency Department
We spoke to Dr. Ali Raja from Massachusetts General Hospital.
View ArticleA Contact Investigator Explains Her Work To Track The Coronavirus Spread In...
Health officials say identifying people in the state who have the coronavirus is a first step toward prevention of wider infection.
View ArticleA Tip, Subterfuge And Lots Of Money: A Mass. Hospital Executive On The...
Dr. Andrew Artenstein describes the lengths he and other hospital staff went to in order to secure a shipment of masks.
View ArticleMass. Is One Of The Country's Coronavirus Hotspots
Dr. Davidson Hamer is a professor of global health and medicine at Boston University and an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center. He returned to WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the...
View ArticleWhite House Identifies Boston As Top Area Of Concern For Coronavirus
To explain why that's the case, WBUR's Callum Borchers joined Morning Edition host Bob Oakes.
View ArticleThreatened For Wearing A Mask Or Asking For More PPE? Here Are Your Legal...
A coalition of doctors, nurses and attorneys is trying to spread the word: health care workers have a legal right to complain about inadequate protection.
View ArticleAfter Uproar, Mass. Revises Guidelines On Who Gets An ICU Bed Or Ventilator...
The changes are in response to an uproar from many in the disability and minority communities who worried they would be penalized for ailments that are the result of health disparities or issues that...
View ArticleAcademic Labs Pivot To Fill Coronavirus Testing Gap
Massachusetts ranks fourth in the nation for coronavirus testing, per capita. But about a third of those tests are being run by hospital and academic labs in the state, many of which had to recalibrate...
View ArticleGov. Baker Signs Eviction Moratorium Bill
Senior State House reporter Steve Brown joined WBUR's All Things Considered to give us the latest on how Massachusetts is responding to the coronavirus outbreak.
View ArticleHebrew SeniorLife Gives Front-Line Staff ‘Appreciation Pay’ During Pandemic
Approximately 1,500 frontline senior care employees are eligible for this temporary pay raise.
View ArticleGrief Of All Kinds Harder In The Time Of COVID-19
Both the families who have lost loved ones and the funeral home operators themselves face daunting obstacles to the grief process.
View ArticleMass. Coronavirus Cases Total Nearly 40,000
WBUR's Anthony Brooks joined Morning Edition to report the latest on the pandemic.
View ArticleParamedics Face The Pandemic On Front Lines
WBUR's Bruce Gellerman joined Morning Edition to share the story of one EMS paramedic facing the pandemic.
View ArticleMap: The City Of Boston's Virus Testing Sites
Through the map, residents can find testing hours and the number to call for pre-screening and to set up an appointment, the mayor's office said.
View ArticleMore Deaths, No Benefit From Hydroxychloroquine In VA Virus Study
The nationwide study was not a rigorous experiment. But with 368 patients, it’s the largest look so far of hydroxychloroquine with or without the antibiotic azithromycin for COVID-19, which has killed...
View ArticleWith Hope For A New Trial, Mass. Man Released From Prison After 41 Years Amid...
James Watson, 61, was released in part due to urgent medical treatment needs. He was arrested 41 years ago for the 1979 murder of a taxi driver in Boston. The judge's order to release Watson mentioned...
View ArticleFirst Patient Dies Of COVID-19 At State-Run Shattuck Hospital
Hospital officials reported the death in an email to staff Tuesday morning, saying that the patient was being treated in the hospital's medical wing.
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