HOW DOES ONE find purpose in sitting at home? Speaking to reporters Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker acknowledged the emotional struggles that so many around Massachusetts and the nation are facing […]
Virus notes: Finding purpose
Posted inThe Codcast
Those on margins will bear brunt of virus toll
While the coronavirus pandemic seems certain to extend its reach to all corners of the globe, its impact will not be felt evenly. Those on society’s margins and lower economic […]
Posted inHealth Care
Baker orders non-essential businesses shuttered
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER is ordering all non-essential businesses in Massachusetts to shut their physical operations as of noon on Tuesday. The order will remain in effect through April 7 at […]
Posted inEconomy
Those on margins will bear brunt of virus toll
WHILE THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMICÂ seems certain to extend its reach to all corners of the globe, its impact will not be felt evenly. Those on society’s margins and lower economic rungs […]
Posted inThe Download
Those on margins will bear brunt of virus toll
While the coronavirus pandemic seems certain to extend its reach to all corners of the globe, its impact will not be felt evenly. Those on society’s margins and lower economic […]
Posted inPolitics, State House News Service
Larry Rasky, PR leader and Biden pal, dies
STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Larry Rasky, one of Boston’s preeminent public relations gurus and a close confidant of former Vice President Joe Biden, died Sunday morning, according to three people […]
Posted inEconomy
An economy put in a ‘medically-induced coma’
THE ECONOMIC CONVULSIONS from the coronavirus pandemic are unlike anything we’ve ever experienced. We’re not being blindsided by an unwelcome economic downturn; we have decided to set one in motion. […]
Posted inOpinion
Worcester pursues interesting COVID-19 homeless option
IN TIMES OF TRUE CRISIS, true leaders emerge. And at a moment when shelter providers across the Commonwealth are being asked to ignore the recommended protocols established to stop the […]
Posted inOpinion
Slowing the spread of COVID-19 the right way
THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC is rapidly evolving. Massachusetts, like the rest of the world, is working to hone its response to this novel coronavirus. State residents have accepted physical distancing, work […]
Posted inHealth Care
College dorms seen as surge capacity
GOV. CHARLIE BAKER and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh had “very productive” conversations Saturday with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers around identifying, retrofitting, and using college dorms, closed nursing homes, […]
Posted inUncategorized
Poll shows Mass. residents bracing for crisis to worsen
MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTSÂ overwhelmingly view the coronavirus outbreak as a serious and worsening threat, with many bracing for an extended disruption of their daily lives, according to the first poll to examine […]
Posted inHealth Care
Hospitals crowdsource protective equipment
HOSPITALS ARE ASKING the public to donate protective face masks. Construction workers are handing over supplies from building sites to medical personnel. Emergency room doctors are asking their friends to […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Health Care
Detainees at jail say they fear COVID-19 outbreak
IMMIGRANT DETAINEES being held by the federal government at the Bristol County House of Correction say they are packed so close together that an outbreak of COVID-19 would spread rapidly […]
Posted inHealth Care
Virus notes: 1st COVID-19 death in Mass.
A SUFFOLK COUNTY MAN in his late 80s died Thursday night from COVID-19, becoming the state’s first fatality from the disease. “Obviously, it’s heartbreaking to say, but this is certainly […]
Posted inUncategorized
Working from home, with kids
IN 2017, a video went viral of a little girl walking in on her dad as he tried to conduct a live interview with the BBC. How many parents had a […]
Posted inThe Download
Working from home, with kids
In 2017, a video went viral of a little girl walking in on her dad as he tried to conduct a live interview with the BBC. How many parents had a […]
Posted inHealth Care
What our COVID-19 daily diary tells us
AT 4 P.M. EVERY DAY, the state Department of Public Health releases its daily diary of the coronavirus epidemic. The numbers on confirmed cases, tests, and hospitalizations rip through the […]
Posted inHealth Care
Virus notes: State, local elections being postponed
HOUSE AND SENATE LEADERS signaled that their branches plan to take action on Monday to postpone upcoming legislative and municipal elections because of the coronavirus threat. Senate President Karen Spilka […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Only 6 guards affected by ‘unauthorized memo’
AN UNAUTHORIZED and now rescinded memo initiating a moratorium on suspensions and disciplinary hearings for correction officers to ease staffing concerns during the current coronavirus crisis would have only affected […]
Posted inHealth Care
MGH doc Jarone Lee: We’re seeing patients of all ages
Dr. Jarone Lee, a critical care physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, appeared on the Health and Consequences CommonWealth Codcast six days ago, providing a report from the front lines in […]
Posted inUncategorized
COVID-19 report at immigration court
ATTORNEYS WHO WORK at Boston’s immigration court say an individual who appeared in the courtroom this week tested presumptive positive for COVID-19, although there has been no official announcement. Susan […]
Posted inHealth Care
Processing 3,500 virus tests/day target for next week
STATE OFFICIALS said Thursday that labs expect to have the ability to process 3,500 coronavirus tests a day for Massachusetts residents by early next week. “We believe over the next […]
Posted inHealth Care
The challenge of social distancing
ON TUESDAY, I TRIEDÂ to make it a point to stand at least three feet from the person in front of me at the Cambridge post office. The Centers for Disease […]
Posted inHealth Care, The Download
The challenge of social distancing
On Tuesday, I tried to make it a point to stand at least three feet from the person in front of me at the Cambridge post office. The Centers for […]