THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICÂ has brought inspired scenes of heroic health care providers engaged in an all-out effort to save lives. But what about helping those at the end of life have […]
Coronavirus spotlights unease about end-of-life issues
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Coronavirus spotlights unease with end-of-life issues
THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICÂ has brought inspired scenes of heroic health care providers engaged in an all-out effort to save lives. But what about helping those at the end of life have […]
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Coronavirus spotlights unease about end-of-life issues
The coronavirus pandemic has brought inspired scenes of heroic health care providers engaged in an all-out effort to save lives. But what about helping those at the end of life […]
Posted inEconomy
2d Paycheck Protection Program set to go
BANKS ARE PREPARING to submit applications for the second round of federal loans to businesses as coronavirus shutdowns continue to impact the income of US firms. The Small Business Administration […]
Posted inOpinion
Dealing with the COVID-19 summer slide
LIKE THE REST OF THE NATION, the Commonwealth is in the midst of a public health crisis that is not only affecting our way of life in unprecedented ways, it […]
Posted inHealth Care
Morse calls for state takeover of nursing homes
Fifth in a series on municipal leaders across Massachusetts and how they’re contending with the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are previous stories on Chelsea City Manager Tom Ambrosino, Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse, Pittsfield Mayor […]
Posted inEducation
College life, interrupted
WE’VE ALL SEEN the headlines – campuses closing down, students forced to move out, college classes go online. In Boston alone there are 35 colleges and universities, meaning that over […]
Posted inEconomy
UPDATED NUMBERS: Baker leaves ‘reopening’ door open
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER on Saturday declined to say whether the state will begin reopening on May 4, but he didn’t rule it out. On a visit to a Cartamundi/Hasbro manufacturing […]
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Homicide is an epidemic, too
TRAUMA COMES in many forms. The current COVID-19 global pandemic is leaving behind the ripples of trauma in its wake as families and communities are robbed of loved ones. People […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker holds out hope on reopening
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER appears to be still holding out hope that he could start reopening the state on May 4, even though time is running short for that to happen. […]
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State doing baseline COVID-19 testing at nursing homes
THE HEAD OF THE MASSACHUSETTS COVID-19 command center said she has dramatically stepped up testing at the state’s nursing homes and wants to test all residents and employees as quickly […]
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Bharel draws on personal experience with COVID-19
DR. MONICA BHAREL, commissioner of the state Department of Public Health, was leading the state’s defense against the coronavirus when she learned an important lesson: no one is immune from the disease. Rejoining […]
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Breaking down silos that separate students by race and class
AT A RECENT press briefing, Massachusetts education commissioner Jeff Riley observed that the crisis of COVID-19 school closures is also “an amazing opportunity to think differently about how we educate […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Judge seeks COVID-19 test data on ICE detainees
US DISTRICT COURT Judge William Young is ordering the Bristol County sheriff’s office to begin submitting reports on the number of immigration detainees in its custody who have been tested […]
Posted inEconomy
The Commonwealth must help businesses of color
PEOPLE OF COLOR are under siege in Massachusetts. The COVID-19 pandemic not only threatens their lives at disproportionate rates, but the economic standstill threatens their livelihood as well. We cannot […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Do civil commitments make sense in a pandemic?
IT’S HAMPDEN COUNTY Sheriff Nick Cocchi versus Prisoners’ Legal Services, round two, this time with a global pandemic thrown in. The sheriff and the legal services group have long been battling […]
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Do civil commitments make sense in a pandemic?
It’s Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi versus Prisoners’ Legal Services, round two, this time with a global pandemic thrown in. The sheriff and the legal services group have long been […]
Posted inEconomy
Coronavirus campus unrestÂ
APRIL, TRADITIONALLY A time of excitement and possibility in higher education, is instead proving to be the cruelest month for US colleges and universities. High school seniors normally would be […]
Posted inHealth Care
Nurse frustrated with mask directives
MARK BRODEUR loves his work as an intensive care and emergency room nurse at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, but he is frustrated by directives coming from administrators on how […]
Posted inOpinion
How are community college students different?
An open letter to the president of the United States, members of Congress, the US Secretary of Education, all 50 state governors, state legislators, state education secretaries, and commissioners. THANK […]
Posted inHealth Care
Virus notes: Biggest one-day jump in new cases
TWO OF THE KEY INDICATORS for determining whether the state is nearing the end of its COVID-19 surge sent conflicting signals on Thursday, as hospitalizations declined slightly while new cases […]
Posted inEconomy
City and town budgets hit hard
AS COVID-19 RAVAGES local economies, cities and towns are falling into a sea of red ink – and trying to figure out how to deal with it. While the public […]
Posted inHealth Care
COVID-19 fear keeping ill people away from ERs
A TRIO OF HOSPITAL EXECUTIVES joined Gov. Charlie Baker on Thursday to warn against an alarming new trend – people with serious medical conditions staying away from hospitals out of […]
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Dr. Lee: We’re busy but in good shape
This is the seventh 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 […]