Carey Goldberg

Former Staff

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."

Recently published

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...

Radio Boston

15:18Feb 24, 2021

Lyme disease is spread by deer ticks like this one. (Getty Creative Images)

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.

Local Coverage

Feb 23, 2021

Green means low flu levels on this CDC map.

'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.

Local Coverage

04:40Feb 10, 2021

Two vials of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine at Tufts Medical Center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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.

Local Coverage

Feb 5, 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.

Local Coverage

02:26Jan 28, 2021

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.

Radio Boston

15:24Jan 25, 2021

Grendel's bar tender Myles Pratt swabs his nose for a pooled coronavirus test for the restaurant's staff. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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.

Local Coverage

03:51Jan 25, 2021

Jerry Halberstadt outside his low-income senior housing building in Peabody. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

'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.

Local Coverage

05:41Jan 15, 2021

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.

Here & Now

05:38Jan 12, 2021

Nurses care for a COVID-19 positive patient at UMass Memorial Hospital on Dec. 4, 2020 in Worcester, Massachusetts. (Allison Dinner/AFP/Getty Images)

‘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...

Local Coverage

Jan 11, 2021