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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, families are advised to take extra precautions for the holiday season by limiting the size of gatherings, getting tested for COVID-19 and wearing masks when possible. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Health-care experts share advice for Thanksgiving safety

Rin Velasco November 18, 2020
If there’s ever a time for large gatherings, Thanksgiving is it. But this year, for the sake of public safety, the annual tradition will likely look different at households across the country.
Massachusetts can avoid another statewide lockdown if the Commonwealth uses information it knows about the coronavirus to respond to rising cases, according to state leadership and experts. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS FILE

Health experts weigh in on if lockdown is necessary

James Paleologopoulos October 29, 2020
State leadership and experts say Massachusetts can avoid another statewide lockdown if the Commonwealth acts on what it now knows about the virus as COVID-19 rates rise to spring levels.
Boston University students and instructors attending certain in-person classes could be considered close contacts if someone in their class tests positive for COVID-19, according to BU Nurse Practitioner Hannah Nichols. COURTESY OF ALEXEY HULSOV VIA PIXABAY

‘Unique situations’ outside BU’s close-contact definition can also warrant contact tracing

Julia Ermi September 24, 2020
Instructors and students attending in-person classes may be identified as close contacts in certain cases outside BU’s official definition, BU Nurse Practitioner Hannah Nichols wrote in an email Wednesday.
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