GOV. CHARLIE BAKER said he was “very concerned” about a sudden shift in federal rules that requires all coronavirus data be reported to the Department of Health and Human Services rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which has long managed such data gathering and sharing. In a new directive that took effect […]
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The challenge of social distancing
ON TUESDAY, I TRIED to make it a point to stand at least three feet from the person in front of me at the Cambridge post office. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation on “social distancing,” or the space between you and another, is that you stay be about six feet apart. While social distancing […]
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The challenge of social distancing
On Tuesday, I tried to make it a point to stand at least three feet from the person in front of me at the Cambridge post office. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendation on “social distancing,” or the space between you and another, is that you stay be about six feet apart. While social […]
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Baker vape ban similar to Zohydro order
IT’S MORE THAN a week into a four-month sales ban on all vaping products in Massachusetts, and Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration is already looking at two major lawsuits — one in district court and a second in federal court. But if you look back five years to a similar ban, history may be repeating itself, […]