United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.) sent a letter to the Acting Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DOD), urging an investigation into the recent decision by the U.S. Army Corps …
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United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Representative William Keating (D-MA-09), along with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Representatives Richard E. Neal (D-MA-01), James P. McGovern (D-MA-02), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-08), Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-MA-04), Katherine Clark (D-MA-05) and Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), wrote to the U.S. Department of …
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first diagnostic test with a home collection option for COVID-19. Specifically, the FDA re-issued the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp) COVID-19 RT-PCR Test to permit testing of samples self-collected by patients at home using LabCorp’s Pixel …
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Massachusetts Coronavirus Update On April 24, the Massachusetts Public Health Department reported that the state added 4,946 more positive cases of COVID-19 bringing to total to 50,969. This is an increase from Thursday’s 3,079 reported cases. 196 new COVID-19 related deaths were reported since yesterday, up from 178, bringing the …
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A Bristol County Sheriff’s Office corrections officer has tested positive for COVID-19. The corrections officer was last at the facility in Dartmouth on Sunday, April 19, when he worked in a housing unit during second shift. The officer became ill during his days off, Monday and Tuesday, and tested positive …
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On April 21, New Bedford Police Department Narcotics Detectives arrested two after raiding a Shirley Street apartment and seizing almost 40 grams of fentanyl and more than $47,000 in cash. Fentanyl is responsible for 93% of all overdose deaths in Massachusetts. 29-year old Jeremy Costa was the target of the …
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Mayor Jon Mitchell’s office reported 58 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases in New Bedford Friday morning, bringing the total positive cases in the city to 410, up from 352 on Thursday. No new deaths reported today. New Bedford added two more COVID-19 related death on Thursday bringing the total to 12. …
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Katie Lannan State House News Service The number of COVID-19 cases in Chelsea, a city that’s been particularly hard hit by the coronavirus, has more than doubled in the past week, according to new state data. The latest municipal level breakdown of COVID-19 case numbers in Massachusetts, published Wednesday night …
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“Wahlburgers, the Boston-area based restaurant owned by the Wahlberg brothers, stopped by District C-11 in Dorchester to drop off freshly-made meals while thanking Boston’s first responders for the ongoing efforts to keep everybody safe during the coronavirus pandemic. Officers made sure to respect social distance protocols as they approached and …
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The City of New Bedford has roadwork sites for the upcoming week of April 27, 2020 –May 1, 2020 and they are as follows: Eversource: Eversource will replace the gas mains at the following locations: • Hathaway Rd. from Valley View Dr. to Rockdale Ave. • South Front St. from …
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