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UMass digital hub provides peek into future of remote patient management
When the University of Massachusetts Memorial Health in Worcester opened its digital hub last fall, it provided a glimpse of what the future o
Hospital at Home program assists new mothers, patients in need
Imagine recovering from a medical condition in the comfort of your own bed—no noisy beeping, no buzzing machines, no hospital roommates, and n
COVID Cases Rise In Massachusetts, But Hospitalizations And Deaths Down From Last Year
BOSTON (CBS) – Anxiety over rising COVID-19 numbers had the Cambridge Health Alliance vaccination clinic in Somerville packed Thursday. “Now another new prominent variant,” said Joe Mello, who got a booster.
Bones or No Bones? Psychiatrists Explain Why We Love Noodle the Pug
Every morning, millions of people around the world tune in to Jonathan Graziano's TikTok account to find out what kind of day they'll have.
Here's How the US Plans to Fight Omicron Variant, Winter COVID Surge
President Joe Biden is expected to extend a mask mandate on all public transportation Thursday through mid-March as the first case of the new omicron COVID-19 variant has been detected in the United States.
NYC to impose vaccine mandate on private sector employers; strict travel rules begin as US cases climb: COVID-19 updates
A vaccine mandate for private-sector workers across New York City will take effect this month, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
Grim diagnosis on pandemic for Worcester County as COVID-19 cases rise, cold/flu season nears
WORCESTER — UMass Memorial Medical Center had 70 people waiting for beds at the University Campus on Friday — eight of whom needed intensive care beds — as COVID-19 surges followed after the Thanksgiving holiday.
Courts Decide In Favor Of 2 Vaccine Mandates In California
News outlets report on the decision of a superior court judge to deny requests from the fire department to delay the city's vaccine mandate, and a separate court decision which lifted a temporary injunction placed on San Diego Unified School District's student shot mandate.
Doctors plead with people to get COVID-19 vaccines, boosters with omicron confirmed in Massachusetts
WORCESTER, Mass. — Massachusetts and 15 other states, including Connecticut, have confirmed the presence of the omicron coronavirus variant as of Sunday night — and federal health officials say it is just the beginning.
Worcester hospitals respond to Baker order curbing nonurgent surgery
Governor Charlie Baker has asked hospitals to reduce the number of elective surgical procedures, but at UMass Memorial Medical Center, that won’t change things too much.
Worcester doctors voice concern, not alarm over omicron variant
As the omicron variant of COVID pops up across the globe, stock markets are falling, travel bans are being enacted, lines are forming to get vaccines and boosters, and mask mandates are once again entering the political debate.
DMD Patient Shares 13 Life Lessons From Dealing With His Disease
Author and advocate Elijah J. Stacy is using what he has learned through adversity in battling Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) to help others overcome their own challenges.
Brockton and Worcester health officials brace for the omicron variant
Health officials in Brockton and Worcester say they are on high alert and bracing to handle the first cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, should it spread to Massachusetts.