Christine Willmsen
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Boston, MA, United States
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Rollins: Suffolk County Sheriff Never Alerted DA Of Inmate’s Death, Despite Protocols
Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins says the sheriff's department should have reported an inmate's death to the DA's office for review. The inmate's family believes poor medical care contributed to his death in 2015. → Read More
As Coronavirus Cases Surged Here, FEMA Gave Mass. Least PPE Per Case Of Any State
During the coronavirus surge in Massachusetts, when it needed masks and other PPE the most, FEMA gave those supplies to other states that were less populous and had few cases. → Read More
'I Have A Guy In China': Inside The Pandemic Market For Medical Masks
There is a vast wave of people and companies finding money-making opportunities in the time of COVID-19. They are jumping into the loosely regulated business of selling masks to hospitals and health departments scrambling to keep workers safe amid a shortage of supplies. → Read More
Hospital Morgues Temporarily Store Deceased In Trailers
Hospital morgues over capacity must keep deceased in refrigerated trailers temporarily. → Read More
What We Learned While Investigating Medical Care In Mass. County Jails
WBUR’s four-day investigation into medical care in Massachusetts county jails found inmates suffering, and sometimes dying, as a result of poor medical care. → Read More
Pain And Profits: Sheriffs Hand Off Inmate Care To Private Health Companies
Inside county jails, inmates have suffered, and sometimes died, under the care of companies with contracts aimed at curbing costs and hospital trips. Here's part two of "Dying on the Sheriff's Watch." → Read More
When Inmates Die Of Poor Medical Care, Jails Often Keep It Secret
A WBUR investigation found that when people suffered from dire medical conditions in Massachusetts jails, they were often ignored and mistrusted, with fatal consequences. Here’s part one of “Dying on the Sheriff’s Watch.” → Read More
Mass. AG Healey Is Investigating Andover-Based Pharmacy's Opioid Prescriptions
Attorney General Maura Healey has a civil investigation open against Injured Workers Pharmacy for potentially improperly prescribing opioids. → Read More
Millions Of Opioid Pain Pills Flowed Into Mass. Pharmacies, Data Show
Federal data show that from 2006 to 2012, Massachusetts received 1.28 billion prescription pain pills. → Read More
How OxyContin's Maker Sought To Influence Mass. Legislators
From 2004 to 2018, Purdue Pharma paid lobbyists in Massachusetts a total of $886,000 to protect its drugs. → Read More
Lawsuit Details How The Sackler Family Allegedly Built An OxyContin Fortune
The Massachusetts attorney general alleges that the family behind Purdue Pharma knew that OxyContin was causing overdoses, yet continued to cash in. New documents in the case were released Thursday. → Read More
Lawsuit Details The Sacklers, Family Behind Oxycontin, Made More Than $4 Billion
It's the first allegations with details of how hundreds of millions of dollars flowed to the family year after year. → Read More
Massachusetts Attorney General Implicates Family Behind Purdue Pharma In Opioid Deaths
Sign up for the CommonHealth newsletter to receive a weekly digest of WBUR's best health, medicine and science coverage. The Sackler family behind → Read More
Massachusetts Attorney General Implicates Family Behind Purdue Pharma In Opioid Deaths
In a detailed memorandum, Attorney General Maura Healey alleges eight Sackler family members and nine Purdue board members or executives played key roles in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic. → Read More
Mass. AG Claims Family Behind Purdue Pharma Created 'A Blizzard Of Dangerous Prescriptions'
New court documents attempt to lay out a clear chain of command that implicates Sackler family members, as well as Purdue board members or execs, in the opioid epidemic. → Read More
Killer Identified By DNA In Unsolved 1969 Cambridge Murder, DA Says
Michael Sumpter killed Harvard student Jane Britton in her Cambridge apartment on Jan. 7, 1969, authorities said. → Read More
Olympia theater’s co-founder resigns amid claims sexual-harassment allegations were ignored
Scot Whitney, who along with his wife, Linda, started Harlequin Productions in 1991, also left his seat as a board member as an inquiry into the allegations by two actresses continues. → Read More
Olympia theater group’s founders face inquiry over famed playwright accused of sexual harassment
Harlequin Productions’ board president says the group is investigating the theater’s response to women’s claims of harassment against Israel Horovitz, who visited the theater several times. He won’t be invited back, the theater’s artistic directors say. → Read More
Kayaker drowns in Snoqualmie River
A male drowned Saturday afternoon in the north fork of the Snoqualmie River north of North Bend while kayaking with a half dozen others. Eastside Fire and Rescue responded at... → Read More
A SeaTac mobile-home community pushes back against development
Residents of the Firs Mobile Home Park in SeaTac could soon lose their neighborhood as the owner plans to develop the land for another use. → Read More