On April 7, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 1,365 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 15,202. This is a slight increase over Monday’s 1,337 reported cases. 96 new deaths were reported in the past three days bringing the total deaths in Massachusetts …
Read More »Massachusetts doctors given official guidance on COVID-19 critical care prioritization
By Matt Murphy State House News Service In preparation for the potential that hospitals may run out of life-saving supplies to treat every COVID-19 patient that shows up at their door, Massachusetts public health officials released guidance Tuesday to help providers make the grim choice about which patients to prioritize, …
Read More »Massachusetts Urged to Unlock Pool of Foreign Care Workers
By Katie Lannan State House News Service Lawmakers are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to let health care professionals trained in other countries join the state’s COVID-19 fight, and a recent Board of Registration in Medicine move will allow some international medical graduates who’ve also trained in the U.S. to …
Read More »Westport’s Brownie Girl Scout Troop 540 offers “Hearts For Heroes” project to benefit health care workers and first-responders
Westport’s Brownie Girl Scout Troop 540 is hosting an online service project to benefit local heroes during this time of uncertainty. As scouts we wanted to do our part to help our community – the community can help in our efforts by donating boxes of girl scout cookies to first …
Read More »New Bedford at 71 positive cases for COVID-19 on Tuesday, up from 65 on Monday
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported Tuesday morning that New Bedford has a total of 71 positive cases of COVID-19, up from the 65 cases they reported on Saturday and up from 54 on Friday. The City did not report data on Sunday. The City of New Bedford is …
Read More »Boston Police and FBI warn residents of COVID-19 scammers looking to hijack stimulus checks using a variety of methods
The Boston Police Department and FBI Warn Residents of Fraudulent Emails/Phone Calls from Scammers Looking to Hijack COVID-19 Stimulus Checks: With millions of people out of work and hoping to receive COVID-19 stimulus checks, the Boston Police Department and FBI are warning community members to be leery and wary of …
Read More »Baker, CVS Announce Expansion Of Rapid COVID-19 Drive-Through Testing In Massachusetts
The Baker-Polito Administration and CVS Monday announced the launch of a new rapid testing site in Lowell, which will enable on-the-spot COVID-19 testing and results at no cost. The new CVS site in Lowell will use the new Abbott ID NOW™ COVID-19 test. With the launch of this site, Massachusetts …
Read More »CVS Health opening rapid COVID-19 drive-through testing at Twin Rivers Casino
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — To help support local communities and the overall health care system in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, CVS Health joined forces with federal and state officials to announce the opening of rapid COVID-19 drive-through testing sites in Georgia and Rhode Island. The test sites will bolster state efforts …
Read More »1,337 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts as U.S. passes 10,000 deaths
On April 6, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 1,337 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 13837. This is a significant increase over Sunday’s 764 reported cases and very close to Saturday’s 1,334 new cases. There appears to be a trend of low …
Read More »Why does Brockton have 7 times the COVID-19 cases as Fall River and New Bedford?
Brockton has seven times the amount of positive COVID-19 cases as comparably sized cities in Massachusetts like New Bedford and Fall River and 147 more cases than Worcester, which has almost 100,000 more people. As of Sunday, Brockton’s Board of Health reported 457 people in the city have tested positive …
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