Carey Goldberg covers health and science, and is the host of WBUR's CommonHealth section.
She has been the Boston bureau chief of The New York Times, a staff Moscow correspondent for The Los Angeles Times, and a health/science reporter for The Boston Globe. She was a Knight Science Journalism fellow at MIT; graduated summa cum laude from Yale; and did graduate work at Harvard.
She is co-author of the triple memoir "Three Wishes: A True Story Of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak and Astonishing Luck On Our Way To Love and Motherhood."
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Johnson & Johnson Says It Could Have 20 Million Single-Dose Vaccine Units By End Of March
We speak about what this means with Dr. Dan Barouch, the director of the Center for Virology and Vaccine Research at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. We also speak with...
Human Testing Begins On Springtime Lyme Disease Shot Developed In Mass.
The shot is first being tested in Nebraska rather than Massachusetts to be sure the antibodies in subjects come from the injection rather than previous infections.
'Twindemic' Averted: Not Much Flu In Mass., And Record Low Rates Across The Nation
Infectious disease specialists had feared a double hit from both flu and COVID-19, but it appears that measures to stem COVID have also kept the flu at bay.
Asked & Answered: Your COVID-19 Vaccine Questions
WBUR's health team, as well as the rest of our newsroom, is working to answer your most frequently asked questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
Two Hot Dogs And A Shot, Please! From Fenway Park To Hospitals, More Vaccinations Get Under Way
The iconic baseball park is being transformed into a mass vaccination site, able to give thousands of shots a week.
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Gov. Baker Addresses Concerns Over Slow Vaccine Rollout
We get the latest from WBUR senior State House reporter Steve Brown and WBUR Commonhealth editor Carey Goldberg.
Today's Special At Grendel's Den In Harvard Square: A Coronavirus Test For Your Server
As "pooled testing" -- combining test samples to cut costs -- becomes more popular, a classic Harvard Square hangout gives it a try.
'Forgotten' Seniors In Mass. Low-Income Housing Get Their Place In The Coronavirus Vaccine Line
Tens of thousands of older adults who live in low-income housing in Massachusetts can now expect to start getting coronavirus vaccines next month, state officials say.
How Health Care Workers Made Up Their Minds On The COVID-19 Vaccine At One Mass. Clinic
A doctor researched the safety of the COVID-19 vaccinations not only to counsel his patients and staff but also to make his own decision about whether to get the vaccine.
‘Second Toll’: Study Finds Heart Disease Deaths Shot Up In Early Pandemic, But Not In Mass.
A national study finds heart attacks rose sharply this spring during the pandemic surge, amid concerns that the ongoing pandemic may kill thousands indirectly because they delay or forgo needed...