The extension of benefits comes almost a year after the outbreak of COVID-19, which forced many schools to transition to hybrid and remote learning — a change that has been uniquely impactful to students who relied on subsidized lunches to eat.
“The governor keeps pushing schools to reopen for in-person learning more quickly, regardless of the risks to staff and students, yet he has just made it much harder to do that safely,” said Beth Kontos, president of the AFT Massachusetts.
After an uptick in cases, a new COVID-19 Enforcement and Intervention Team will provide community support and enforcement of the Commonwealth’s health guidelines.
The BU research community have committed themselves to combating the coronavirus since the campus shutdown announced on March 17. Medical students, lab technicians and professors have joined an international movement of private institutions dedicating their resources and expertise to pandemic response.
BUSM made the decision March 25 that they would be graduating the class of 2020 a month early, on April 17, in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts’ other three medical schools — Tufts University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and University of Massachusetts Medical School — will also be graduating students early.
A new billboard designed by the father of a Parkland, Florida, shooting victim was erected Tuesday over the Massachusetts Turnpike to support gun control.
Local leaders in women’s health policy and advocacy discussed the state of women’s reproductive rights in Massachusetts, in lew of the pending confirmation of Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate Tuesday night.
A comprehensive legislative package to address the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts is currently being reviewed by The Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Recovery. Gov. Charlie Baker,...
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker unveiled new legislation Thursday to limit access to prescription drugs and curb the addiction epidemic in Massachusetts.
The bill calls for a strict 72-hour limit on...
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Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and the Opioid Crisis Working Group met in the State House Thursday for a public forum for residents to voice their concerns about the rising rate...
