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...
This week marks the grand opening of the first independent comprehensive trans healthcare center nationwide: “Transhealth Northampton”! Dallas Ducar, one of HOCC’s Board members, is the founding CEO of Transhealth Northampton. Transhealth Northampton (THNH)was...
We Want You To Know: The CDC reports, “More Time Needed to Assess Data and Risks on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause.” The advisory committee for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met...
We Want You to Know: Yesterday the CDC and the FDA have recommended vaccine providers to pause on administering the J&J vaccine As of April 12, nearly seven (7) million J&J doses have been...
COVID-19 has created so much stress and uncertainty in our lives that nearly everything has turned upside down. Even now, despite having vaccines available, we have new anxiety about how and when we will...