Statewide Opioid Screening Day To Help People Assess Their Risk And Find TreatmentThe initiative aims to have people take part in anonymous online screenings for opioid use disorder, and if needed, seek help from one of dozens of participating institutions.CommonHealthSep 19, 2020
MIT, Harvard Researchers Say They're Close To A New Rapid COVID TestResearchers say they have potentially developed a new, more convenient tests for the coronavirus that uses the genetic technology known as CRISPR and could produce results in less than an...CommonHealthSep 18, 2020
Nantucket Weighs Additional Restrictions After Surge In COVID-19 CasesWith 30 new cases in the past 14 days, Nantucket has suddenly rocketed into the highest-risk category in the Department of Public Health's ranking of COVID-19 transmission risk levels. CommonHealthSep 17, 2020
In Wrentham, Uptick In Coronavirus Cases Tied To Cluster At Nursing HomeTown officials in Wrentham are attributing the uptick in new cases — 15 in the past two weeks — to a cluster at a nursing home.CommonHealthSep 17, 2020
Get A Flu Shot Before The End Of October, Mass. Medical Society UrgesMassachusetts Medical Society president Dr. David Rosman called flu shots more important than ever in order to reduce the number of people hospitalized because of the flu while medical facilities...CommonHealthSep 17, 2020
Hospitals Prepare For Vaccine Distribution, Despite Uncertainty Around Timing Of ApprovalTo help explain the planning, we spoke to Dr. Paul Biddinger, director of emergency preparedness for the Mass General-Brigham Hospital Network, who will oversee vaccine distribution when it comes. PlayCommonHealth04:35Sep 16, 2020
Nantucket Health Officials Look To Quell Virus Spread After SpikeHealth officials say 14 people tested positive on the island last week, and the majority of them are cleaners, landscapers, carpenters or painters who travel to work together. CommonHealthSep 14, 2020
Don't Shout Yet: Drug To Regenerate Hearing Shows Early But Muted Promise In New TrialResearch out of Woburn-based biotech company Frequency Therapeutics might allow people to regenerate their sense of hearing. Although there’s still years of work to go, researchers say preliminary data released...CommonHealthSep 13, 2020
Somerville Delays Plan To Open First Supervised Drug Use Clinic In MassachusettsThe city of Somerville says COVID has delayed efforts to establish the first medically supervised site for drug use in Massachusetts. Somerville had pledged to open a so-called supervised consumption...CommonHealthSep 11, 2020
Baker Nursing Home Package Includes $140M InvestmentHealth and human services officials said the package will supplement changes announced in April to hold facilities to higher standards of care and infection control. CommonHealthSep 11, 2020
4 New Cases Of West Nile DiagnosedThe number of human cases of West Nile virus in Massachusetts this season more than doubled to seven and public health officials designated Cambridge, Somerville, Watertown and Newton as being...CommonHealthSep 10, 2020
Mass. Public Health Commissioner On Temporary Medical LeaveBharel's absence is unrelated to COVID-19, according to a statement from the Department of Public Health. She is expected to return to work in early October. CommonHealthSep 10, 2020
Remote Learning Strains Medical Workers And Their Employers“With the hospital, it’s those set hours, during school hours. There’s no way around that,” says one parent who is considering quitting her hospital job to supervise her child's schooling.PlayCommonHealth05:48Sep 8, 2020
State Halts COVID Testing At Orig3n After Hundreds Of False PositivesThe lab is now expected to respond with a plan of correction, according to DPH, otherwise it could face sanctions.CommonHealthSep 7, 2020
Multilingual Outreach Workers Share COVID-19 Prevention Tips In Mass. Cities Hardest Hit By VirusThe teams of multilingual outreach workers are focusing on the cities of Chelsea, Everett, Lawrence, Lynn and Revere.CommonHealthSep 7, 2020
Shortage Of Dry Ice Could Chill Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution“The demand on dry ice is so high around the country that people have been calling us from Chicago, Seattle, Texas, Wyoming,” says Marc Savenor, owner of Acme Dry Ice...CommonHealthSep 4, 2020
1 Spring Of COVID-19 Took Far Higher Toll Than 5 Flu Seasons, Boston Hospital FindsTwo weeks on the ventilator vs. three days. More than triple the deaths. New numbers from one hospital offer insights into just how much worse severe COVID-19 is than the...CommonHealthSep 4, 2020
Somerville, Northeastern Partner To Look For Coronavirus In City SewageBy testing raw sewage for shed coronavirus particles at ten sites throughout the city, Somerville's mayor said he hopes to "get ahead of the virus."CommonHealthSep 3, 2020
Depression Increases More Than Three-Fold In Wake Of Pandemic, BU Study FindsThe survey found 27.8% of adults reported symptoms of depression, up from 8.5% the last time the same questionnaire was administered to a national sample. Depression severity also increased significantly.PlayCommonHealth03:54Sep 2, 2020
Broad Institute: Positive Rate Less Than 1 In 1,000 Among New England College Coronavirus TestsAmong roughly 400,000 tests from more than 100 New England colleges, the coronavirus rate is looking much lower than on statewide testing. CommonHealthAug 31, 2020
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