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Boston City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would extend the paid sick leave of Boston employees so they can receive the COVID-19 vaccine. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City Council proposes paid sick leave for city workers receiving COVID-19 vaccine

Rin Velasco February 4, 2021
The paid sick benefit would cover three working days. City workers would be allowed leave at any point during the two days following a COVID-19 vaccination — which applies to the first and second dose — and compensated fully for the time away.
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EDITORIAL: AIDS museum will preserve the disease’s history

Editors March 14, 2017

Since the beginning of AIDS/HIV epidemic, nearly 35 million people have died from HIV-related causes. The disease became extremely prevalent in the United States during the 1980s. AIDS, though more researched...

Biolab receives state approval for controversial research

Daily Free Press Admin March 4, 2013

The Boston University National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories gained approval from the Massachusetts state government Friday to begin researching biosafety Level 3 and Level 4 pathogens, officials...

H1N1 vaccine may worsen symptoms, study finds

Daily Free Press Admin September 18, 2012

The H1N1 flu vaccine might actually worsen symptoms of the potentially deadly flu in animals exposed to it, a new study suggests. Danuta Skowronski, an epidemiologist at the British Columbia Centre for...

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