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Massachusetts health workers call for keeping mask mandates

Thu, 2023-04-06 10:19 — mike kraft

Healthcare workers: Keep hospital mask mandate The group says the Covid picture in Massachusetts is not as bright as official figures suggest -- due to non-reporting of home tests and asymptomatic infections. Yahoo News

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Wednesday, the Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity held a virtual press conference calling on Governor Maura Healey to keep in place mandatory mask requirements for patients, visitors and practitioners at all healthcare facilities, including dental offices.

“Why is this so important? Well, Covid is airborne,” said Lara Jirmanus, MD, a primary care physician. “It spreads through the air like smoke.”

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New Mexico, Massachusetts phase out COVID-related programs

Mon, 2023-03-06 09:35 — mike kraft

New Mexico's COVID-19 public health orders to end March 31 SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is extending health orders related to COVID-19 one final time through the end of the month. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made the announcement Friday that she is renewing an executive order but will let it expire after March 31. AP NEWS

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Covid's main victims have changed according to Massachusetts study .

Tue, 2023-02-21 09:39 — mike kraft

COVID is still killing people every day. But its main victims have changed. - The Boston Globe Since the end of the first Omicron wave last March, white people in Massachusetts are more likely to die from COVID than Black or Hispanic people. BostonGlobe.com

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Maine community colleges end COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Thu, 2023-02-09 12:00 — mike kraft

Maine community colleges stop requiring COVID-19 vaccine SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine's community college system has ended a requirement that on-campus students received the COVID-19 vaccine. The Maine Community College System's board ended the requirement and change is effective immediately, the system said in a Wednesday statement. AP NEWS

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Maine Community College System president David Daigler said high vaccination rates in the state and improved outcomes for people who contract COVID-19 played a role in the decision. Better access to a broader range of preventative and treatment options for COVID-19 also played a role, he said.

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Health experts still learning about omicron subvariant, now dominant in Northeast

Mon, 2023-01-23 09:25 — mike kraft

Health experts still learning about omicron subvariant, now dominant in Northeast As a version of COVID-19’s omicron variant —the XBB.1.5 subvariant — grows more prevalent in some parts of the U.S., health experts say it likely escapes immune protection better than previous muta… kwadington The Hill

More than 80 percent of coronavirus cases in the Northeast are now due to XBB.1.5.

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Why there are so many COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations in the Northeast and what we know about it

Mon, 2023-01-09 10:27 — mike kraft

Why there are so many COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations in the Northeast CDC data shows that COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are particularly surging in the Northeast. Experts explain why. ABC News ABC News

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Massacusetts sues company that failed to return money for N95 masks it failed to deliver

Tue, 2022-12-06 17:51 — mike kraft

State sues company that failed to return N95 mask money BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts attorney general's office has sued a company it alleges failed to reimburse the state nearly $3.5 million for hundreds of thousands of N95 masks it failed to deliver as promised early in the COVID-19 pandemic. AP NEWS

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Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites

Tue, 2022-12-06 10:32 — mike kraft

Boston establishing 11 wastewater COVID-19 testing sites BOSTON (AP) — Boston is planning to establish 11 wastewater testing sites across the city to help monitor for spikes in the COVID-19 virus. The head of the Boston Public Health Commission said the city is partnering with vendors to create the sites as COVID-19 levels in wastewater across the region have begun rising. AP NEWS

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Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Boston’s public health commissioner, said the city will be sampling water from the sites on a weekly basis. Ojikutu said the testing will also help the city monitor for the appearance of new variants of the disease.

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More than 150 COVID-19 relief projects are underway in Vermont

Fri, 2022-12-02 10:38 — mike kraft

More than 150 Vermont recovery programs underway, more soon More than 150 COVID-19 relief projects are underway across Vermont as the state ramps up the spending of the more than $1 billion in federal funds that are intended to help recover from the pandemic. AP NEWS

...The projects that have begun represent spending of more than $300 million, officials said Thursday, adding that more projects will be approved in the coming months with construction expected to increase next year.

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