THE LARGEST STUDY to date of hydroxychloroquine, the antimalarial drug touted by President Trump as a potential “game-changer” in the treatment of coronavirus, found no evidence of a benefit in […]
Study finds no benefit of anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine promoted by Trump
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Can Mass. launch the fusion revolution?
SINCE THE 1950s physicists have researched something they knew was theoretically possible but technically challenging: the effective generation of fusion energy as a substitute for carbon-based power. The prospect of […]
Posted inHealth Care
Virus notes: Baker appeals for contact tracing support
THE STATE’S EFFORT to slow the spread of the coronavirus by reaching out to those infected and tracking down their close contacts is off to a quick start, but it […]
Posted inEconomy
Baker says data will dictate state’s reopening schedule
HOW WILL GOV. CHARLIE BAKER decide when to reopen businesses and services? “Data, data, data” and the actions of other states were the two factors Baker mentioned on Thursday when […]
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I’m seeing promising ventilator death data
This is the ninth conversation between Dr. Jarone Lee, a frontline critical care and emergency physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Paul […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Judge orders COVID-19 testing for ICE detainees
DECLARING THAT A lawsuit filed on behalf of immigration detainees was likely to succeed in demonstrating “deliberate indifference” to their risk of contracting COVID-19, a federal judge ordered coronavirus testing […]
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When will Massachusetts reopen?
Gov. Charlie Baker’s stay-at-home advisory and closure of non-essential businesses expire May 18. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who is leading a task force that will guide the reopening, said Monday […]
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When will Massachusetts reopen?
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER’S stay-at-home advisory and closure of non-essential businesses expire May 18. Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, who is leading a task force that will guide the reopening, said Monday that […]
Posted inEconomy
Limits on independent contracting hurt employers and workers
CARING FOR A tsunami of patients in the midst of a pandemic is hard enough. Unfortunately, laws in Massachusetts and California make the job even harder by preventing hospitals and […]
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Galvin lays out plan for mail-in voting by request
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH William Galvin on Wednesday released his proposal for expanding early and mail-in voting for the fall elections, even as influential lawmakers released a competing – and […]
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This summer will be key time in education
COVID-19 HAS LIFTED the veil on the disparities in health and education based on race, income, and geography. The underlying conditions that preceded the pandemic are now front page news. […]
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Boston Globe announces layoffs
THE BOSTON GLOBE laid off two union employees and an unspecified number of nonunion employees on Wednesday in response to a downturn in revenue caused by the COVID-19 business shutdown. […]
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The state’s two-front war on COVID-19
THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 deaths in Massachusetts spiked on Wednesday, hitting the third-highest daily level since the pandemic began. The state Department of Public Health reported that 208 people died […]
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Recordings of detainees at Bristol jail released
AN ADVOCATE FOR TWO immigration detainees at the Bristol County Jail released two phone recordings from inside the facility briefly describing the confrontation with Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson and […]
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Massachusetts House holds first remote session
A MASK-WEARING House Speaker Robert DeLeo on Wednesday presided over what he called a “historic day” – the first time the Massachusetts House has voted on a bill remotely. “It’s […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Mentoring kids — from a distance
EMMETT FOLGERT HAS gone with the flow for nearly 40 years at the Dorchester Youth Collaborative, a Fields Corner outpost that has helped generations of young people find a positive […]
Posted inEducation
Voc-tech woes continue at Boston’s Madison Park
AMIDST ALL THE TURMOIL and angst that has turned the world as we know it upside down, we long for signs of normal life, some sort of consistency that can be […]
Posted inThe Download
Voc-tech woes continue at Boston’s Madison Park
Amidst all the turmoil and angst that has turned the world as we know it upside down, we long for signs of normal life, some sort of consistency that can […]
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April tax collections off $2.3b
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE STATE TAX COLLECTIONS tumbled in April by more than $2.3 billion compared to last April, another sign of the damage inflicted on the economy and the […]
Posted inEconomy
Sewing machine firm expands into PPE
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Tuesday showcased a Fall River sewing machine manufacturer that has expanded during the COVID-19 crisis into the production of personal protection equipment and is now expecting […]
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Several probes launched into violence at Bristol County Jail
SEVERAL OFFICIALS and agencies are launching inquiries into the violence that erupted at the Bristol County Jail on Friday night, sending three immigration detainees to the hospital and causing $25,000 worth of […]
Posted inEconomy
Marijuana companies beg for state relief money
IT TOOK TWO YEARS from the time Angela Brown applied for a license to sell recreational marijuana to the time she got final approval to open T. Bear’s manufacturing plant […]
Posted inEducation
Time for Mass. to up its online learning game
MASSACHUSETTS IS ROUTINELY cited as having one of the nation’s most innovative economies. The cornerstone of that innovation is education – both K-12 and colleges and universities. There too Massachusetts has […]
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Price hikes hurt families – but is it illegal?
SARAH JENNISON, a disabled mother living in Wareham, skipped buying the four-pack of toilet paper she saw listed on Facebook Marketplace for $20. But Jennison is immunocompromised with a seven-year-old […]