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Baker Opens Vaccinations For K-12 Educators, School Staff

WBUR State House reporter Steve Brown talked to All Things Considered host Jack Lepiarz on Wednesday about Gov. Charlie Baker's plan to open up vaccination appointments for educators and others...

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Karin Broadhurst says her son, pictured here in his hospital room, has been boarding for 33 days at Boston Children's Hospital while awaiting an inpatient psychiatric bed anywhere in Massachusetts. (Courtesy)

'This Is A Crisis': Mom Whose Son Has Boarded 33 Days For Psych Bed Calls For State Action

Karin Broadhurst's son has been boarded at Boston Children's Hospital for 33 days for psychiatric needs, but still cannot get a psychiatric bed anywhere in the state. Her son is...

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CommonHealth

07:45Feb 26, 2021

Beacon Hill Committee Hears From Baker On Vaccine Rollout

The inability of residents to make appointments on the Massachusetts vaccination website was a focus of a legislative oversight hearing Thursday, as lawmakers grilled Gov. Charlie Baker over the vaccine...

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05:15Feb 25, 2021

What Went Wrong With The Mass. Vaccine Website — And What's Being Done About It

The system for signing up for the coronavirus vaccine in Massachusetts has had its share of problems and left countless people looking for appointments extremely frustrated.

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CommonHealth

05:56Feb 24, 2021

Mass. Education Officials Want Schools Fully Reopened

It’s been nearly a year since Massachusetts schools closed due to the pandemic, and state education officials are taking steps to get some of those schools fully reopened by April.

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04:22Feb 23, 2021
 
A syringe filled with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Do I Qualify? Vaccine Confusion For Patients With Multiple Serious Medical Conditions

As Massachusetts makes vaccines available for residents with two or more medical conditions that put them at risk of a severe case of COVID, many residents are finding the state's...

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CommonHealth

05:00Feb 18, 2021

Mass. To Expand Vaccinations To Residents Ages 65 And Older

Beginning Thursday, Massachusetts residents 65 and older will be able to schedule an appointment to receive a COVID vaccine, as will anyone who has two or more specific health issues.

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05:35Feb 17, 2021

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Bernard Lown Dies

A leading Harvard physician who shared in the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize has died at his home in Newton. The prize was for activism against nuclear weapons. But Dr. Bernard...

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04:58Feb 16, 2021
The most significant freezing rain forecast is west of Route 495. (Courtesy NOAA)

2 Storms Will Hit New England This Week

We'll see freezing rain accumulate overnight Monday into Tuesday and then a plowable snowstorm Thursday into Friday.

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03:14Feb 15, 2021

The Chinatown Gateway on Beach Street in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

'It's Quiet Right Now': Typically Bustling Before Lunar New Year, Boston's Chinatown Remains Emptier Amid Pandemic

Boston's Chinatown -- like other Chinatowns across the country --- has been racked by a constellation of economic slowdown and ramped up racism and xenophobia. And for the first time...

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Bostonomix

03:15Feb 13, 2021
$ean Wire. (OJ Slaughter for WBUR)

Hip-Hop Broke $ean Wire's Heart, And Healed It

The Boston rapper is an artist at once tormented by and in love with the act of self-expression. “Music was always the medicine to what I was feeling," Wire says....

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06:39Feb 11, 2021

Companions To Seniors 75 And Older Can Also Receive Vaccinations In Mass.

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04:32Feb 10, 2021
Margarita Restrepo and her daughter, Carolina Aguilar-Restrepo, at their home. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

When You've Been Vaccinated Against COVID, But The People You Live With Have Not

The millions of Americans who’ve been vaccinated are still a pretty exclusive club. That means a lot of couples, roommates and families divided into haves and have-nots, with some shifting...

CommonHealth

Feb 10, 2021
Mateo Goldman. (Photo by Webb Chappell for The Boston Globe)

After Bone Marrow Donation Saves 9-Year-Old Boy With Cancer, Boston Mom Fights To Raise Awareness

More than 35 million people around the world have signed up to donate their stem cells to people battling cancer and other diseases. Only a small percentage of those donors...

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Here & Now

09:14Feb 5, 2021
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination to be labor secretary on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AP)

At Senate Hearing, Walsh Pledges To Support Workers And The Economy

"If confirmed, you and the American people are going to get 100% out of me each and every day," Walsh told the committee. "And the American people are made of...

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04:52Feb 4, 2021
Boston EMS wheels a patient into the emergency entrance at Boston Medical Center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mass. Physicians Call On State To Address ER 'Boarding' Of Patients Awaiting Admission

When patients experiencing a mental health crisis need to be admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit, the process can be painfully slow. And wait times are getting worse.

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07:30Feb 2, 2021
Snow falling on Storrow Drive Monday afternoon as the nor'easter moves into Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Here's How Much Snow To Expect As Nor'Easter Moves Through Region

The storm started early Monday and is expected to taper off by Tuesday morning. Most of Massachusetts will see around a foot of snow, while Boston and the coast could...

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04:04Feb 1, 2021
The Great Dome and Building 10 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

MIT Faculty Rally Around Professor Charged With Concealing China Ties

In an open letter, over 200 faculty colleagues have rallied behind their colleague facing federal charges, saying that the claims are out of proportion with any offense — and will...

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Edify

05:48Jan 29, 2021
Fenway Park is preparing to serve as a COVID-19 vaccination site, as seen on Wednesday, Jan. 27. (Courtesy Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox)

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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CommonHealth

02:26Jan 28, 2021

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