2021 Archives

2/10/2022

and make sure that community rates are dropping," said MMS President Dr. Carole Allen. To read the full … and the hospitalization rate." To read the full Boston Herald story, click here. Eagle-Tribune: Doctors want access …

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Massachusetts Medical Society on rolling back the state’s in-school masking mandate

2/9/2022

transmission has remained minimal, thanks largely to testing protocols and high vaccination rates among school …

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Power to Heal Documentary Portrays the 1960s Fight to Create Medicare and Desegregate Hospitals

2/7/2022

in Medicine. In the survey after the recent November showing, 38 of 41 respondents rated the event “extremely …

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Vital Signs January-February 2022 PDF

2/7/2022

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Committee on Preparedness - February 1, 2022

2/1/2022

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Physician Sign-On Letter Urging State to Strike Non-Medical Exemption to Vaccination Requirements for School (PDF)

1/31/2022

, vaccination rates have fallen, jeopardizing our herd immunity against preventable infections … high rates of vaccination, there exist places in the Commonwealth where exemption rates exceed 20 …

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Physician Sign-On Letter Urging State to Strike Non-Medical Exemption to Vaccination Requirements for School

1/31/2022

, vaccination rates have fallen, jeopardizing our herd immunity against preventable infections and diseases … high rates of vaccination, there exist places in the Commonwealth where exemption rates exceed 20 …

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Letter to House Leadership Regarding Liability Protections and Disclosure Requirements for Health Care Providers (PDF)

1/28/2022

in H.4345, such as additional, targeted funding to increase vaccination rates among young children … rates of vaccination and booster shots in communities disproportionately impacted by COVID. We …

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Letter to House Leadership Regarding Liability Protections and Disclosure Requirements for Health Care Providers

1/28/2022

, such as additional, targeted funding to increase vaccination rates among young children, resources to provide high … across the state, and support for the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Initiative to raise rates of vaccination …

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Letter to Senate Leadership Regarding Amendments to S.2622

1/26/2022

such as additional, targeted funding to increase vaccination rates among young children, resources to provide quality … the state, and support the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Initiative to raise vaccination rates and booster shots …

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