Home care sector faces distancing, supply challenges
MARCH 26, 2020.....Older adults are among those most at risk from the coronavirus, and the agencies and workers that deliver them meals and care for them in their homes are confronting new challenges...
View Article'Messy thicket' impeding state efforts to fight coronavirus
MARCH 26, 2020.....As COVID-19 deaths in Massachusetts rose to 25, a visibly frustrated Gov. Charlie Baker lobbed criticism Thursday at the federal government for the challenges states face in...
View ArticleCORONAVIRUS TRACKER: Nine more deaths, 1,017 new cases of COVID-19 in...
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state is now 4,257.
View ArticleMassachusetts politicians riled by Trump administration tribal land decision
BOSTON, MARCH 30, 2020.....Federal lawmakers are pledging to fight back against the Trump administration's decision late last week to disestablish the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe's reservation and remove...
View ArticleCORONAVIRUS TRACKER: Confirmed cases climb to 5,752, with 56 deaths linked to...
MARCH 30, 2020.....The number of COVID-19 fatalities in Massachusetts continued its climb Monday when the state reported another eight deaths, bringing the state's total number of deaths linked to the...
View ArticleGrim picture developing for March lottery sales
Lottery overseers will get a look Tuesday morning at the fiscal impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on sales of scratch tickets, Keno and draw games, and what the Massachusetts Lottery is doing...
View ArticleOfficials cancel May Brimfield flea market due to coronavirus
BRIMFIELD - Out of concern for the threat of spreading coronavirus, selectmen have voted to cancel the May version of Brimfield Antiques Show & Flea Markets.On their webpage, the organizers of the...
View ArticleGov. Baker extends stay-at-home advisory, closure of nonessential businesses...
BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday announced the extension of the state’s stay-at-home advisory and mandatory closure of nonessential businesses through May 4.“This order also extends the 10 person...
View ArticleRunners who can't make 2020 Boston Marathon can get a refund because the race...
The Boston Athletic Association will refund entry fees associated with the 2020 Boston Marathon because it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The athletic association says it has never offered...
View ArticleStimulus money should begin arriving next week, delegation says
APRIL 1, 2020.....With direct cash aid to many Americans and expanded unemployment benefits set to start flowing as soon as next week, members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation said...
View ArticleNew jobless claims set second straight weekly record as coronavirus closures...
By Chris LisinskiState House News Service
View ArticleGrim Massachusetts infection, death data ahead of COVID-19 surge
BOSTON, APRIL 2, 2020.....In a matter of "weeks and months," as many as 172,000 Massachusetts residents could become infected with the coronavirus and the surge of COVID-19 patients hospitals have been...
View ArticleHelp is on the way: 300,000 masks leave Gillette Stadium for New York City...
The masks were part of a shipment of more than 1 million masks that were purchased from China and flown to Boston aboard one of the team's private planes.
View ArticleMass. seeks to lead with COVID-19 tracing program
BOSTON – Massachusetts officials will launch a large-scale contact tracing program with the help of a nonprofit health organization, aiming by the end of April to have about 1,000 people investigating...
View ArticleMassachusetts seeks to lead with COVID-19 tracing program
APRIL 3, 2020.....Massachusetts officials will launch a large-scale contact tracing program with the help of a nonprofit health organization, aiming by the end of April to have about 1,000 people...
View ArticleMayor Walsh: Everyone wear a mask when leaving home
APRIL 6, 2020.....People across Massachusetts started wearing masks in public in noticeable numbers Saturday, adjusting to the latest aspect of the new COVID-19 normal a day after new federal guidance...
View ArticleGuidance laid out for life-saving care decisions
APRIL 7, 2020....In preparation for the potential that hospitals may run out of life-saving supplies to treat every COVID-19 patient that shows up at their door, state public health officials released...
View ArticleConfirmed coronavirus cases top 15,200, with 356 deaths reported
State readying for surge to begin by Friday. Gov. Baker to give update at 3:30 p.m. today.
View ArticleCoronavirus Tracker: Nearly 19,000 cases reported, death toll now at 503
APRIL 9, 2020.....On the eve of what could prove to be a period of significant strain on the state's health care systems, the number of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts climbed to nearly 19,000 and the...
View ArticleWorker shortages, lack of gear plaguing nursing homes
APRIL 14, 2020.....Nursing homes in Massachusetts are already being overwhelmed by the coronavirus and face risks of further devastation without immediate state action to expand testing, dramatically...
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