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COVID-19 exacerbates Massachusetts DOC health care shortcomings

Colbi Edmonds March 11, 2021
Michael Horrell, a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts — an organization focused on protecting civil rights of people in prisons — said the pandemic has worsened the quality of health care in the state’s correctional facilities, which has “never been great.”
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EDITORIAL: University’s vaccine distribution depends on improvements at the state level

Editors February 26, 2021
It’s understandable that the government was unprepared for the crisis and vaccine supplies are low nationwide. It’s up to Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and the federal government to increase supply to meet the demands. However, the state should re-evaluate its distribution plan so it is more equitable for all. 
Fenway Park vaccination site. Vaccination distribution at the ballpark began Monday. LILY KEPNER/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: Fenway Park mass vaccination site opens

Lily Kepner February 1, 2021

Fenway Park opened for COVID-19 vaccine distribution Monday, giving individuals on the Phase 1 priority list access to free immunization. The ballpark is the second mass vaccination site to open in Massachusetts,...

East to West: Oct. 5, 2020

East to West: Oct. 5, 2020

Justin Tang October 5, 2020

On today’s episode of East to West, we discuss how two BU alumni who will be wed at BU beach, BU’s recent postponing of its immunization clinic, reactions to a COVID outbreak at Brigham and Women’s...

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