Felice J. Freyer
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How a flawed study reignited the mask debate
You may have thought the question of masking was settled, or at least that we had all agreed to disagree, but no such luck. → Read More
State’s largest insurer extends full telehealth coverage indefinitely
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts said it would continue paying for remote visits at the same rate as in-person visits. → Read More
Lindsay Clancy’s defense implies she heard ‘command hallucinations.’ What are they?
A person can appear lucid and make plans despite hearing voices directing their behavior, experts say. → Read More
The COVID-19 public health emergency ends May 11. What happens then?
Despite the uncertainty, it’s clear that ending the public health emergency after nearly three years will bring about a host of changes. Here’s a look at a few of them. → Read More
The national COVID-19 public health emergency will end in May but some of its provisions may survive in Mass.
President Biden’s move to lift the COVID-19 emergency means a sweeping series of changes to the health care system will come to an end May 11. Officials in Massachusetts are sorting through what the effect will be here. → Read More
It’s hard to be a new mom. For some, a lonely struggle can spiral into mental illness.
Dramatic hormonal shifts combined with life changes and lack of support can lead to postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD, and rarely psychosis. → Read More
How could a mother allegedly kill her children? Experts say mental health can distort thinking.
Lindsay Clancy is charged with killing two of her children and injuring a third child. → Read More
Latest numbers show jump in COVID-19 deaths as expected winter surge arrives
During the week that ended Wednesday, 129 Massachusetts residents died of COVID-19, double the toll during the last week of November. → Read More
New coronavirus variant, more adept at evading immunity, now dominates in the Northeast
The XBB variant's rapid spread shows that it is more adept than its predecessors at evading the immunity that comes from vaccines and infections. → Read More
Free, mail-order COVID tests are back. Here’s how to get them and when to use them.
With waste water numbers climbing again, experts urge families to test before gathering for the holidays. → Read More
‘We’re not out of the woods’: Opioid-related deaths declined this year, but just slightly
An estimated 1,696 opioid-related overdose deaths occurred from January through September. → Read More
Influenza has arrived much earlier than usual, and not enough people are vaccinated
There’s much more flu circulating now than usual in early December, prompting public health officials to urge people to get their shots as soon as possible. → Read More
Experts are hoping for a milder COVID winter in Massachusetts than a year ago
Health professionals and scientists pointed to several factors that give them hope for a less-serious season than a year ago, including increased immunity to the Omicron variant of the COVID virus. → Read More
Organ donations increase during huge motorcycle rallies, Harvard researchers find
Anecdotes and some data show that traffic accidents, injuries, and traffic-related deaths increase during the events. → Read More
‘Beyond hellacious’: Parents frantic as supply of antibiotic used for children’s infections falls short
Shortages of standard, common-use medicines, including amoxicillin, is happening more frequently. → Read More
Harvard doctors warn of viral triple threat for the holidays
RSV cases have plateaued, but an early, aggressive flu could disrupt gatherings. → Read More
Little kids give up naps at different ages. A new theory links that transition to brain development.
Children’s brains can hold only so much information; they need naps to organize and retain all the stimuli and sensations that bombard them, a researcher said. → Read More
Healey has touted her record on opioid settlements. What does that mean for how she’d govern?
As attorney general, Maura Healey made a name for herself with her aggressive and successful pursuit of the pharmaceutical companies blamed for triggering the opioid crisis. → Read More
Mass. health department to lead regional effort to improve outbreak response
Program aims to deploy genomic science in public health. → Read More
Scientists see few signs of a big COVID-19 wave this winter. But you just never know.
In Massachusetts and throughout the nation, the Omicron subvariant called BA.5 remains the dominant strain, although it is slowly losing ground to BA.4.6, a subvariant that is similar enough that it isn’t raising alarms. → Read More