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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.
Leominster Hospital parent UMass Memorial Health named ‘Most Wired’
The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives is pleased to announce that UMass Memorial Health, parent company of UMass Memorial Health – HealthAlliance-Clinton, Leominster Campus, has earned 2021 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired recognition as a certified level 8 organiza
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.
Internal medicine specialist says not to let guard down against COVID-19 as new variant Omicron emerges
WORCESTER, Mass. - A new variant of COVID-19 discovered in South Africa is spreading and a local doctor says there are a number of mutations in this one and it could become the primary variant going forward.
New hospital rules for Massachusetts go into effect
New policies to combat an increasing number of hospital patients go into effect Monday.
Some surgeries could be put on hold as rising COVID-19 cases put a strain on local hospitals.
Massachusetts calls on hospitals to reduce elective procedures amid staffing shortages
Massachusetts is requiring hospitals and health systems to reduce non-urgent scheduled surgical procedures. But the top reason isn't a surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations.
Gov. Baker, Massachusetts doctor discuss new omicron COVID-19 variant
BOSTON — Health officials say it appears the omicron variant is more contagious, but it’s unclear if it will result in more severe illness.
And it’s not yet clear how the current vaccines hold up against it.
Coronavirus booster Q&A: Who should get one and why do we need them?
Coronavirus booster shots are now authorized for everyone 18 years and older and can be given six months after mRNA vaccines and two months after a Johnson & Johnson shot.
Massachusetts hospitals to reduce non-essential elective procedures
Massachusetts hospitals, which are once again facing critical staffing and bed shortages, will soon be limiting non-essential pre-scheduled procedures to preserve resources and capacity.
COVID-19 cases have jumped 59 percent in New England in the past 2 weeks
The Baker administration on Tuesday ordered Massachusetts hospitals, already teeming with patients who delayed care during the early days of the pandemic, to reduce nonurgent surgeries to help manage a potential winter rush of people sick with respiratory illnesses, including the flu an
‘Busier than ever,’ Massachusetts hospitals are being ordered to cut back non-urgent care — again
Amid an uptick in COVID-19 hospitalizations headed into the holidays, Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration is ordering Massachusetts hospitals with limited bed capacity to cut back on non-urgent, scheduled procedures.