Baker Says Second Phase Of Vaccine Rollout Starts Next Week, But Experts Still Worry About SupplyFor more on this, WBUR's Morning Edition was joined by Michael Curry. He’s president and CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, and serves on the state’s COVID...PlayCommonHealth04:55Jan 26, 2021
Vaccines Will Take Months To Slow Down The Pandemic. Until Then, Mask UpVaccines may one day help us bring the pandemic to an end, but they won’t do much to lower COVID deaths for the next few months. A new analysis finds...CommonHealthJan 26, 2021
N.H Reverses Policy, Now Says Vaccines Only Available For State ResidentsAccording to a state website updated Jan. 21, anyone who owns land in New Hampshire need only provide proof of property ownership to get vaccinated in New Hampshire, despite the...CommonHealthJan 25, 2021
Baker Makes Seniors Eligible Sooner And Adds Vaccination Sites Amid Slow RolloutResidents aged 65 and older have been bumped up in priority, and will join people with two or more comorbidities in the second group to become eligible in phase two...CommonHealthJan 25, 2021
Moderna Testing Booster To Combat New VariantCambridge-based Moderna will launch a clinical trial to study a potential COVID-19 booster shot after finding that its vaccine does not produce as significant a response to a new variant...CommonHealthJan 25, 2021
An Epidemiologist On Where The Pandemic Stands In Mass., Nearly A Year After State's 1st CaseStephen Kissler, an immunology and infectious disease research fellow at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to talk about the latest on...PlayCommonHealth05:06Jan 25, 2021
Today's Special At Grendel's Den In Harvard Square: A Coronavirus Test For Your ServerAs "pooled testing" -- combining test samples to cut costs -- becomes more popular, a classic Harvard Square hangout gives it a try. PlayCommonHealth03:51Jan 25, 2021
Mass. Health Connector Continuing Open Enrollment Until March 23Officials said that with open enrollment ongoing, Massachusetts residents who do not have health insurance have an additional opportunity to get coverage.CommonHealthJan 24, 2021
'I Said Yeah, I Want To Get That Shot': Pine Street Inn Shelter Residents Start Vaccinations, While Many Still HesitantBoston shelters hope to vaccinate upwards of 70% of their guests and staff members. Pine Street Inn reports at this point, about 50% are saying yes to the vaccine.CommonHealthJan 22, 2021
Nearly 2,000 Vaccine Doses Spoiled At A Boston HospitalStaff at the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center discovered on Tuesday that a freezer had failed, compromising 1,900 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.CommonHealthJan 22, 2021
Mass. Eases Coronavirus Restrictions, As Some Trends Show Positive ChangeDr. Abraar Karan, an internal medicine physician at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School. PlayCommonHealth04:54Jan 22, 2021
Two More Mass. Prisoners Die Of COVID, DOC ReportsSix prisoners have died of the disease in the past three weeks, and fourteen state prisoners were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Friday morning.CommonHealthJan 22, 2021
Study Finds No Increase In Suicides In Mass. During First Months Of Pandemic"We certainly can say that the lockdown period, or stay-at-home period itself, was not associated with a rise [in suicides]," said Brigham and Women's Hospital emergency physician Dr. Jeremy Faust....CommonHealthJan 21, 2021
Vaccine Delivery Speeds Up In Mass.The newly eligible health care workers include dentists, medical and nursing students, physical therapists, hospital interpreters, behavioral health clinicians, among others. CommonHealthJan 21, 2021
Massachusetts Drops Student Flu Vaccine MandateThe state has dropped a requirement that all students get the flu shot this academic year in part because it has been a mild flu season so far. CommonHealthJan 20, 2021
Second Case Of COVID-19 Variant Detected In Mass.Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel said the case of the B.1.1.7 variant was discovered by the Massachusetts Public Health Laboratory, but she did not offer further details. CommonHealthJan 20, 2021
Fenway Park Named As Next COVID-19 Mass Vaccination SiteStarting Feb. 1, the ballpark will begin administering 500 vaccines per day by appointment and will soon ramp up to providing 1,000 vaccines per day to eligible residents in phase...CommonHealthJan 20, 2021
Worcester Begins Coronavirus Vaccinations At Homeless SheltersGuests and workers at the shelter known as Hotel Grace received their first doses of the Moderna vaccine Tuesday. Healthcare workers will return to the site and other shelters 28...PlayCommonHealth03:44Jan 19, 2021
Medical Professionals, Activists Push Baker To Prioritize Vaccine Access For Minority CommunitiesMassachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is being urged by a coalition of community activists and medical professionals to give the state’s Black and immigrant communities priority access to COVID-19 vaccines.CommonHealthJan 19, 2021
MGH Infectious Disease Doctor Discusses Mass.' 1st Confirmed Case Of New COVID-19 VariantJacob Lemieux, an MGH infectious disease doctor, joined Morning Edition to discuss the variant of the coronavirus and its implications for Massachusetts residents.PlayCommonHealth04:17Jan 18, 2021
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