Matt Murphy Sate House News Service Uber will be providing 1,000 free meals and 5,000 free rides to employees of Boston Medical Center for Mother’s Day, and has donated $25,000 in ride credits to Jane Doe Inc. to be used to help individuals seeking help for sexual assault and domestic …
Read More »Baker Administration, Mass League of Community Health Centers to Launch Public Awareness Campaign
In partnership with the Mass League of Community Health Centers, the Baker-Polito Administration today announced an upcoming new COVID-19 public awareness campaign, “New Tools, New Rules – Same Great Care.” Community Health Centers throughout the Commonwealth are open and accepting patients, and this campaign encourages residents to continue to seek …
Read More »Dominican national sentenced to time served for fentanyl distribution in Lawrence
A Dominican national previously residing in Lawrence pleaded guilty and was sentenced Thursday for distributing fentanyl. Steven de Jesus de Leon Trinidad, 22, pleaded guilty during a videoconference hearing to distribution of fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Leo T. Sorokin then sentenced de Leon Trinidad to time served (approximately 11 months …
Read More »FDA Authorizes First Antigen Test to Help in the Rapid Detection of the Virus that Causes COVID-19
The following is attributed to FDA Commissioner Stephen M. Hahn, M.D. and Jeff Shuren, M.D., director of FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued the first emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19 antigen test, a new category of tests for use …
Read More »New Bedford passes 1,000 COVID-19 cases, reaches 30 deaths on Saturday
New Bedford officials reported one more COVID-19 related deaths since yesterday or 11 deaths since last Saturday bringing the total to 30 in the city. Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 98 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford on Saturday, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 1,042, …
Read More »New Bedford High School announces dates for Class of 2020 events
New Bedford High School has announced dates for virtual and traditional ceremonies for the Class of 2020. A Virtual Commencement Ceremony will stream on Thursday, June 18, 2020 – the date also marks the final day of the school year. The virtual ceremony will include city and school officials, student …
Read More »COVID-19 cases pass 75,000 in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Coronavirus Update On May 8, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 1,612 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 75,333. This is a decrease from Thursday’s 1,696 reported cases. 150 new COVID-19 related deaths were reported on Friday bringing the total deaths in …
Read More »Dominican national sentenced for stealing $29,800 in MassHealth, SNAP benefits
A Dominican national was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston in connection with making fraudulent statements on a passport application and an application for MassHealth benefits. Hidel Romero Sanchez, 42, a Dominican national residing in Dorchester, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Denise J. Casper to time served …
Read More »65,733 people in Massachusetts have survived COVID-19
Colin A. Young State House News Service The numbers that state health officials report each day keep going up and up and up. The number of people tested for the coronavirus, the number of people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the number of people who have been killed by …
Read More »FDA Authorizes First Diagnostic Test Using At-Home Collection of Saliva Specimens
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test with the option of using home-collected saliva samples for COVID-19 testing. Specifically, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Rutgers Clinical Genomics Laboratory for their COVID-19 laboratory developed test (LDT), which had been previously added to …
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