COVID-19

Jan 20, 2022

Healey walking back vaccine mandate for state workers

Most elements of COVID-19 emergency declaration expire in May

By Chris Lisinski COVID-19 0 Comments Mar 15, 2023

STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE SOME OF THE LAST vestiges of the COVID-19 emergency declaration will end in May when Gov. Maura Healey will lift the modified public health emergency and walk back a vaccine mandate for tens of thousands of executive branch workers. The Healey administration announced Wednesday it will end the public health emergency(...)

State toll revenue getting back to pre-COVID levels

Driving is rebounding while transit ridership remains sluggish

Public health is at a crossroads

We can't go back to the way it was pre-COVID

Low birth rates, slow immigration harms state workforce

CommonWealth Staff

Low birth rates, slow immigration harms state workforce

Mass. Taxpayers report flags demographic challenges

Shira Schoenberg

Epidemiologist lays out her COVID-19 ‘campaign of honesty’

Tufts doctor Shira Doron worries about lack of trust in public health officials

Epidemiologist lays out her COVID-19 ‘campaign of honesty’

CommonWealth Staff

Time to come clean about COVID-19

Bring back 'may' versus 'should' language to restore trust

An epidemiologist’s advice for living with COVID

She chooses to live like she would during bad flu season

State drops quarantine for close COVID contacts in schools, childcare

Unvaccinated children exposed to COVID may remain in programs

Shira Schoenberg

Cocktails-to-go, outdoor dining will continue another year

Baker signs extensions in $1.6b supp budget

Shira Schoenberg

Mass. employers shouldn’t get stuck with the UI bill

State mandated shutdowns not the fault of businesses

Christopher Carlozzi

State House dropping mask, vaccine requirements

Shift comes 13 days after building initially opened to public

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COVID therapies important step on pathway out of pandemic

Supplies of these tools have improved, key to endemic phase

Masks no longer mandated on school buses

Face coverings still required on most public transportation

Local-option COVID approach slammed

CommonWealth Staff

Local-option COVID approach slammed

Pavlos: End result is patchwork policy, harassment

Why lifting mask mandates is so divisive

Implementation science tells us why—and suggests some paths forward

Westyn Branch-Elliman

Ending mask mandate won’t bring us back to normal

We are appalled Baker administration putting kids at risk

State eases indoor face-mask guidance

Fully vaccinated can shed face coverings in many spaces

Getting social mobility done during a pandemic

Mass. College of Liberal Arts continues to open doors for students

Massachusetts citizenship and the importance of state power

Immigrant license legislation is not just about driving

03.19.20

State House, closed nearly 2 years, to reopen next week

Massachusetts state capitol is the last in the country to reopen

Baker vetoes ‘unrealistic’ deadlines in supp budget

Approves $101m for testing, masks, vaccine outreach

Shira Schoenberg

Labor appeals board upholds Baker’s vaccine mandate

More than 1,000 state workers have lost jobs

Shira Schoenberg

COVID: Are we ready to learn to live with it?

Top health care executives uncertain about the future

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State sending $500 checks to 500,000 low-income workers

Payments based on tax returns, not on whether they worked in person or at home

Shira Schoenberg

Baker hints school mask mandate may be nearing end

Requirement, extended three times, was originally imposed in August

Survey: Widespread need for mental health care during pandemic

Half of those ages 19-39 say they required help

Shira Schoenberg

COVID spending bill grows to $101m, passes within hours

Testing, mask money quickly heads to Baker’s desk

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Baker mask mandate, no longer in effect, facing challenge

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