Yesterday, the CDC (12.6.2021) reported that they are working closely with state and local public health officials to monitor the spread of Omicron. Vaccines remain the best public health measure to protect people from...
Hearing Loss and Over the Counter Hearing Aids: About 38 million Americans have some degree of hearing loss, yet fewer than 20% of those who would benefit from hearing aids, have them. Unfortunately Medicare...
World AIDS Day 2021 This year marks 41 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the United States, a pandemic that has led to nearly 700,000 lives lost and still...
COVID-19 Vaccination Booster Shots now available for certain previously vaccinated people, plus vaccinations for children should be available in early November, 2021. Your initial COVID-19 vaccination offers strong protection against the virus. But for certain...
For the first time in months, COVID-19 trends in Massachusetts seem to be trending, if slightly, in the wrong direction. Infections and even hospitalizations due to COVID-19 have begun to increase since the Fourth...
New cases have been trending back upward after hitting a weekly low the week of June 20. The past two weeks have seen steady increases. A close look at raw COVID data from the...
National Nurses United Union asks CDC to recommend mask-wearing for everyone again. (July, 15, 2021) The National Nurses United (NNU) is the largest organization of registered nurses in the United States. The NNU, with...
“Confronting Health Misinformation from the U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Building a Healthy Information Environment” U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is issuing the first Surgeon General’s Advisory of this Administration to warn the...
It’s Important to Know: Choosing Safer Activities If you are fully vaccinated, you can resume activities that you did before the pandemic. Fully vaccinated people can resume activities without wearing a mask or physically...
Face Covering Guidance On Monday, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that Massachusetts will lift all remaining COVID-19 restrictions and rescind the state’s face covering order effective May 29. The Department of Public Health will issue...