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Some people may still need to wear a mask as restrictions lift, Boston doctors say
People who are elderly, immunosuppressed or have co-morbidities may need more protection. -
What happens if people return to Mass. and Cass? Dr. Monica Bharel responds
Bharel said the city does not want encampments to return in the summer, -
‘We never heard anything back’: Adoptive father of Harmony Montgomery’s sibling speaks out about missing child case
Montgomery’s case illustrates a too-common mistake in the state courts and child protective services, child advocate says. -
Fitness Clubs Poised To Embrace New Routines
Gym owners are prepping for "Vigilant," the state's third re-opening phase. -
Some Grocery Workers Test Positive, Despite Taking Steps to Contain Coronavirus
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One school shocks students with disabilities. The FDA is moving to ban the practice.
A version of this report for NPR Morning Edition originally aired on WGBH News in Boston. Luigi Disisto is a 47-year-old autistic man who lives at a… -
New data, with gaps, show hundreds of thousands of elder abuse cases
Across the United States, solitude has become a deadly threat for hundreds of thousands of senior citizens living at home. Last year alone, state adult… -
The high cost of seriously ill inmates
Raymond Wallace is likely one of the most expensive county jail inmates in Massachusetts ever. The 41-year-old detainee has been awaiting trial and held… -
Explosion of drug-dependent infants reveals weakness in Mass. child protection
Mya Barry's brief life and untimely death point to weaknesses in a social services system that is struggling to deal with the region’s booming addiction to prescription and illegal drugs — a plague that has besieged hospitals with drug-exposed newborns and overwhelmed state social workers for the past five years. -
Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH
Sandro Galea is Dean and the Robert A. Knox Professor at Boston University School of Public Health. Dr. Galea is one of the most widely-cited scholars in the social sciences. He has written extensively about the social causes of health, mental health, and trauma, especially the impacts related to mass trauma and conflict worldwide. He worked in Somalia with Doctors Without Borders before attending graduate school in the United States. Dr. Galea has served on the boards of prominent public health organizations, and he is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.
