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Susan and Ron Smoller hold signs at a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection hearing about the proposed Peabody "peaker" plant. (Courtesy of Mireille Bejjani)

Local Coverage

Dec 8, 2022

Proposed Peabody 'peaker' plant needs full environmental and health impact reviews, North Shore residents say

Opponents of the proposed natural gas plant told state officials the project would exacerbate existing health inequalities and climate change.

A sign by casks containing spent fuel on a concrete pad near the Pilgrim reactor building, warns of the presence of radioactive materials. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

EPA says Holtec can't dump contaminated wastewater in Cape Cod Bay without new permit

Environment

Dec 8, 2022

The Parker River Refuge marshlands. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mass. organizations receive $4 million for coastal resilience projects

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Dec 6, 2022

Bump or spike? COVID in wastewater has experts unsurprised but wary

Health

Dec 6, 2022

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Molecular biologist Emanuel Wyler examines wastewater samples for pathogens, including coronavirus, in a laboratory in Berlin, Germany. (Bernd von Jutrczenka/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites

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Installing a nitrogen-filtering septic system. (Courtesy Barnstable Clean Water Coalition)

Mass. residents express concerns about cost and feasibility of proposed septic regulations

The state is proposing two amendments to the "Title 5" regulations that govern the use of septic systems in Massachusetts. In public hearings, residents are expressing support for the regulations,...

Local Coverage

02:49Dec 5, 2022

Dr. Mary Bassett, New York City's health commissioner, addresses the media during a news conference in New York, Aug. 8, 2015. (Mary Altaffer/AP)

NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard

New York’s state health commissioner will resign Jan. 1 after 13 months in the job to return to Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

Education

Dec 3, 2022

More than 20% of women won't get diagnostic breast imaging if deductible is involved, Boston study shows

Nearly 1,000 women who were coming in for breast imaging appointments were surveyed at Boston Medical Center.

Health

Dec 1, 2022

A man whose mother died from COVID photographs a COVID Memorial Project installation of 20,000 American flags on the National Mall when the U.S. marked 200,000 lives lost in the COVID-19 pandemic in September of 2020. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

In second year of COVID, study finds fewer deaths but more years of life lost

In 2021, 21% fewer people died of COVID than in 2020. But there were 500,000 more years of life lost, researchers found. The reason is that more younger people were...

Health

Dec 1, 2022

Company decommissioning Pilgrim edges closer to dumping contaminated wastewater in Cape Cod Bay

Holtec, the company in charge of decommissioning the Pilgrim Nuclear power plant, is moving ahead with plans to discharge 1.1 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into Cape Cod Bay.

Local Coverage

Nov 29, 2022

Algae bloom at Prince Cove in Marstons Mills. Courtesy Barnstable Clean Water Coalition

Thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems under new state regulations

Proposed amendments to the state's Title 5 regulations that govern septic systems could require tens of thousands of residents living in areas nitrogen pollution in the water replace or upgrade...

Local Coverage

Nov 28, 2022

A nurse works in the pediatric ICU at UMass Memorial Medical Center. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

'The onslaught just keeps coming': Hospitals scramble to respond to the surge in children sick with RSV

A spike in cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is straining hospitals across Massachusetts and forcing them to employ new strategies to cope with the wave of young patients.

Health

05:33Nov 23, 2022

COVID-19 rapid antigen self-tests. (Damien Meyer/AFP/Getty Images)

How 4 doctors plan to mitigate the risks of COVID, RSV and flu on Thanksgiving

There are many warning signs this year. COVID is still killing roughly 300 people a day in the U.S. Pediatric hospitals are full of patients with RSV. And influenza is...

Health

Nov 22, 2022

Paula plays on a slide with her daughter. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Three hour wait, three days in a row: Mass. shelter hotline leaves some families desperate

Massachusetts is the only state in the country that guarantees a “right to shelter” for families experiencing homelessness. But the first step is getting through to the state-run shelter system,...

Health

05:21Nov 22, 2022

A 15-year-old receives a first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination clinic at the Weingart East Los Angeles YMCA on May 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Mass. colleges continue to encourage, if not require, newest COVID booster as holidays approach

While many colleges in the Boston area do not require the bivalent COVID booster, which protects against the original virus and the predominant omicron variants, they are encouraging students to...

Education

Nov 21, 2022

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Proposed Peabody 'peaker' plant needs full environmental and health impact reviews, North Shore residents say

EPA says Holtec can't dump contaminated wastewater in Cape Cod Bay without new permit

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Mass. organizations receive $4 million for coastal resilience projects

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Bump or spike? COVID in wastewater has experts unsurprised but wary

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Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites

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Mass. residents express concerns about cost and feasibility of proposed septic regulations

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NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard

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More than 20% of women won't get diagnostic breast imaging if deductible is involved, Boston study shows

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In second year of COVID, study finds fewer deaths but more years of life lost

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Company decommissioning Pilgrim edges closer to dumping contaminated wastewater in Cape Cod Bay

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Thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems under new state regulations

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'The onslaught just keeps coming': Hospitals scramble to respond to the surge in children sick with RSV

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How 4 doctors plan to mitigate the risks of COVID, RSV and flu on Thanksgiving

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Three hour wait, three days in a row: Mass. shelter hotline leaves some families desperate

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Mass. colleges continue to encourage, if not require, newest COVID booster as holidays approach

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Proposed Peabody 'peaker' plant needs full environmental and health impact reviews, North Shore residents say

EPA says Holtec can't dump contaminated wastewater in Cape Cod Bay without new permit

Mass. organizations receive $4 million for coastal resilience projects

Bump or spike? COVID in wastewater has experts unsurprised but wary

Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites

Mass. residents express concerns about cost and feasibility of proposed septic regulations

NY state health commissioner resigning to return to Harvard

More than 20% of women won't get diagnostic breast imaging if deductible is involved, Boston study shows

In second year of COVID, study finds fewer deaths but more years of life lost

Company decommissioning Pilgrim edges closer to dumping contaminated wastewater in Cape Cod Bay

Thousands of Cape Cod homeowners may need to replace septic systems under new state regulations

'The onslaught just keeps coming': Hospitals scramble to respond to the surge in children sick with RSV

How 4 doctors plan to mitigate the risks of COVID, RSV and flu on Thanksgiving

Three hour wait, three days in a row: Mass. shelter hotline leaves some families desperate

Mass. colleges continue to encourage, if not require, newest COVID booster as holidays approach