BOSTON (CBS) – Massachusetts is one of just four states on track to contain COVID-19, according to research by the non-profit Covid Act Now. Their model looks at factors including infection rate, positive test rate, available ICU capacity, and contact tracing. Massachusetts got high marks in all of those categories, as did New York, New…
Problems at a Massachusetts veterans home -- where 76 deaths were linked to a coronavirus outbreak -- began when patients from two dementia units were combined into one, a 174-page state report says.“This decision was catastrophic,” the report on the Holyoke Soldier’s Home says, according to FOX station WFXT-TV in Boston. “Staff described the move…
A Massachusetts school nurse was fatally shot in what authorities are investigating as a targeted attack by her former neighbor, according to officials and reports.Laurie Melchionda, 59, was shot dead in the entryway of her Braintree home in Norfolk County on Wednesday morning, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s Office announced later in the day. She was rushed…
Massachusetts health officials announced another 18 coronavirus deaths on Tuesday, bringing the death toll in the state to 7,665.Officials also confirmed another 195 cases of the virus, including 55 probable cases. Altogether, officials estimate there are at least 105,885 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 in Massachusetts.The new case data is based on 6,361 molecular…
Massachusetts health officials announced on Sunday an additional 78 people have lost their lives to coronavirus.Officials also confirmed another 664 cases of the virus, bringing the total number of cases to at least 96,965 since the pandemic began. The new positive cases are based on 10,334 tests reported on Sunday.As of Sunday, a total of…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…