WBUR's Morning EditionLocal content from WBUR's Morning Edition broadcastsFewer women are seeking addiction treatment in Mass. as use and overdoses increaseProviders and family members worry that less demand could result in fewer treatment programs specifically designed for women.Health1 hour agoGot COVID? Here's what to know about drug treatments, and who is getting themThere are four medications being used to help prevent hospitalizations. But supply has been so limited, even people in the highest risk category can't always access them. That's beginning to...PlayHealth05:40Jan 26, 2022Mass. startup transforms old electric car batteries into better-than-new onesA Massachusetts startup has an innovative method for recycling lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The company says the recycled batteries are cheaper and perform better than new ones. They're...PlayEnvironment07:50Jan 25, 2022Harriet Powers' quilts leave a complicated legacy for her descendentThe 19th century quilter is considered the mother of African-American story quilt tradition. Her great-great-great granddaughter wants to reclaim her whitewashed story.PlayArts & Culture05:22Jan 24, 2022Racist covenants still stain property records. Mass. may try to have them removedThere’s no way to identify all the racist restrictions buried in old deeds. Property records in Massachusetts date back to the 1620s. And most the vast majority are handwritten and...PlayBusiness05:15Jan 22, 2022Reducing trash may reduce the need for incinerators in Mass.Massachusetts produces more trash than it can manage locally. State officials have a plan to reduce trash over the next 10 years, but activists say it doesn't go far enough,...PlayEnvironment06:01Jan 21, 2022Meet the USS Constitution's first woman commanderCmdr. Billie J. Farrell takes command of Old Ironsides and its 80 crew members on Friday. Throughout its 224-year history, the ship has been run by men. PlayLocal Coverage04:46Jan 21, 2022Nonalcoholic beer's bad reputation shifts as craft brewers join a booming trendUntil recently it's been particularly challenging for avid beer geeks to find nonalcoholic alternatives that satisfy their quest for interesting flavors. But more craft brewers — many who've been skeptics...PlayArts & Culture04:11Jan 21, 2022With cases surging, Massachusetts officials will 'pivot' on COVID testing in schoolsAs he announced plans to provide free rapid antigen tests to schools and childcare providers starting next week, Gov. Charlie Baker spoke of a strategic “pivot”: away from cost-intensive and...PlayEducation05:02Jan 20, 2022Trash is a burning question with mixed answers in some Mass. townsMassachusetts uses incinerators to burn most of its trash. Some activists want that to stop, because incinerators emit pollution. But in the communities that house the incinerators, residents' opinions are...PlayEnvironment06:39Jan 20, 2022Maura Healey announces her bid for Massachusetts governorMany political observers consider Healey the early favorite for the Nov. 2022 election because she is the only candidate in the race to have won a statewide election. The Democrat...PlayLocal Coverage05:10Jan 19, 2022'Health care heroes really got the shaft': Some workers with COVID had to fight for payEmployers are required under state law to file workers' compensation claims, but COVID opened up a big gray area. Companies and insurers are taking advantage of the complexity.PlayInvestigations05:34Jan 19, 2022'The struggle is real': Educators work to keep classrooms open despite COVID surgeMore than 7,000 educators and school staff in Massachusetts have gotten COVID-19 since early January.PlayEducation04:31Jan 18, 2022Rev. Brown on MLK's legacy in BostonBoston played a key role in Martin Luther King Jr.'s early life. He was an assistant minister at the Twelfth Baptist Church while he was getting his doctorate at BU....PlayLocal Coverage05:30Jan 17, 2022Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on MLK's legacyBoston played a key role in Martin Luther King Jr.'s early life. On MLK Day, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss.PlayLocal Coverage05:18Jan 17, 2022New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills face off for the third and final time this seasonThe New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills are facing off for the third time this season tonight as the NFL playoffs get underway.PlayLocal Coverage06:56Jan 15, 2022Some gym owners are sweating over Boston's vaccine mandate"I'm not super concerned whether or not people choose to be vaccinated or not. That doesn't make me feel any less safe or prohibit me from going out at all.”...PlayBusiness03:52Jan 15, 2022City Councilor Edwards wins Senate seat as 1st woman and 1st person of color to represent districtEdwards is the first woman and first person of color to represent the district. When she takes office, she will be the only black woman in the state senate, and...PlayLocal Coverage04:49Jan 14, 2022Moderates once dominated the Mass. GOP. Now they're struggling to find a candidate for governorSome Republicans say they are worried that GOP gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl is unelectable. Others argue a pro-Trump agenda is the best way to excite the grassroots and win in...PlayLocal Coverage04:37Jan 14, 2022As health care breaks down in Massachusetts, patients die waiting for careRona Tsantinis-Roy says doctors suggested her father might have survived if he’d been transferred to a larger hospital. Typically, that’s what happens when a patient at a community hospital needs...PlayHealth04:55Jan 14, 2022Next Page
Fewer women are seeking addiction treatment in Mass. as use and overdoses increaseProviders and family members worry that less demand could result in fewer treatment programs specifically designed for women.Health1 hour ago
Got COVID? Here's what to know about drug treatments, and who is getting themThere are four medications being used to help prevent hospitalizations. But supply has been so limited, even people in the highest risk category can't always access them. That's beginning to...PlayHealth05:40Jan 26, 2022
Mass. startup transforms old electric car batteries into better-than-new onesA Massachusetts startup has an innovative method for recycling lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles. The company says the recycled batteries are cheaper and perform better than new ones. They're...PlayEnvironment07:50Jan 25, 2022
Harriet Powers' quilts leave a complicated legacy for her descendentThe 19th century quilter is considered the mother of African-American story quilt tradition. Her great-great-great granddaughter wants to reclaim her whitewashed story.PlayArts & Culture05:22Jan 24, 2022
Racist covenants still stain property records. Mass. may try to have them removedThere’s no way to identify all the racist restrictions buried in old deeds. Property records in Massachusetts date back to the 1620s. And most the vast majority are handwritten and...PlayBusiness05:15Jan 22, 2022
Reducing trash may reduce the need for incinerators in Mass.Massachusetts produces more trash than it can manage locally. State officials have a plan to reduce trash over the next 10 years, but activists say it doesn't go far enough,...PlayEnvironment06:01Jan 21, 2022
Meet the USS Constitution's first woman commanderCmdr. Billie J. Farrell takes command of Old Ironsides and its 80 crew members on Friday. Throughout its 224-year history, the ship has been run by men. PlayLocal Coverage04:46Jan 21, 2022
Nonalcoholic beer's bad reputation shifts as craft brewers join a booming trendUntil recently it's been particularly challenging for avid beer geeks to find nonalcoholic alternatives that satisfy their quest for interesting flavors. But more craft brewers — many who've been skeptics...PlayArts & Culture04:11Jan 21, 2022
With cases surging, Massachusetts officials will 'pivot' on COVID testing in schoolsAs he announced plans to provide free rapid antigen tests to schools and childcare providers starting next week, Gov. Charlie Baker spoke of a strategic “pivot”: away from cost-intensive and...PlayEducation05:02Jan 20, 2022
Trash is a burning question with mixed answers in some Mass. townsMassachusetts uses incinerators to burn most of its trash. Some activists want that to stop, because incinerators emit pollution. But in the communities that house the incinerators, residents' opinions are...PlayEnvironment06:39Jan 20, 2022
Maura Healey announces her bid for Massachusetts governorMany political observers consider Healey the early favorite for the Nov. 2022 election because she is the only candidate in the race to have won a statewide election. The Democrat...PlayLocal Coverage05:10Jan 19, 2022
'Health care heroes really got the shaft': Some workers with COVID had to fight for payEmployers are required under state law to file workers' compensation claims, but COVID opened up a big gray area. Companies and insurers are taking advantage of the complexity.PlayInvestigations05:34Jan 19, 2022
'The struggle is real': Educators work to keep classrooms open despite COVID surgeMore than 7,000 educators and school staff in Massachusetts have gotten COVID-19 since early January.PlayEducation04:31Jan 18, 2022
Rev. Brown on MLK's legacy in BostonBoston played a key role in Martin Luther King Jr.'s early life. He was an assistant minister at the Twelfth Baptist Church while he was getting his doctorate at BU....PlayLocal Coverage05:30Jan 17, 2022
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley on MLK's legacyBoston played a key role in Martin Luther King Jr.'s early life. On MLK Day, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley joined WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss.PlayLocal Coverage05:18Jan 17, 2022
New England Patriots and Buffalo Bills face off for the third and final time this seasonThe New England Patriots and the Buffalo Bills are facing off for the third time this season tonight as the NFL playoffs get underway.PlayLocal Coverage06:56Jan 15, 2022
Some gym owners are sweating over Boston's vaccine mandate"I'm not super concerned whether or not people choose to be vaccinated or not. That doesn't make me feel any less safe or prohibit me from going out at all.”...PlayBusiness03:52Jan 15, 2022
City Councilor Edwards wins Senate seat as 1st woman and 1st person of color to represent districtEdwards is the first woman and first person of color to represent the district. When she takes office, she will be the only black woman in the state senate, and...PlayLocal Coverage04:49Jan 14, 2022
Moderates once dominated the Mass. GOP. Now they're struggling to find a candidate for governorSome Republicans say they are worried that GOP gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl is unelectable. Others argue a pro-Trump agenda is the best way to excite the grassroots and win in...PlayLocal Coverage04:37Jan 14, 2022
As health care breaks down in Massachusetts, patients die waiting for careRona Tsantinis-Roy says doctors suggested her father might have survived if he’d been transferred to a larger hospital. Typically, that’s what happens when a patient at a community hospital needs...PlayHealth04:55Jan 14, 2022
