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State drops mask mandate in hospitals, rapid antigen tests not covered by insurance. But not everything’s changing.

Labor challenges across the health care landscape feature as one of the primary areas of attention for the Health Policy Commission this year, and industry leaders and business groups suggested Wednesday that the problem is potent enough to cut across the rest of the regulatory agency's priorities.

Labor challenges across the health care landscape feature as one of the primary areas of attention for the Health Policy Commission this year, and industry leaders and business groups suggested Wednesday that the problem is potent enough to cut across the rest of the regulatory agency's priorities.

Our response to the pandemic has created an opportunity to transform this movement into a larger push for rights for all.

For weeks now, Mary McDarby has lived in vaccine limbo. Her husband qualified for the coronavirus vaccine more than two months ago. Because he has later-stage emphysema, though, his lungs cannot tolerate cold air. Even the short distance between the parking lot and the door of a vaccine clinic could pose a threat. The other option, bringing the vaccine to him, also has proved impossible. For McDarby, the silence from officials has left her feeling abandoned. “I thought, there’s gotta ...

Type 2 diabetes mellitus Massachusetts list of conditions that qualify for vaccination in phase 2 is a complete replica of the CDCs above, except it opted to also include "asthma (moderate-to-severe)." Now, as Massachusetts makes vaccines available for residents with two or more COVID risk conditions, many residents are trying to figure out if they qualify. Take Suzy Dolan, a Cambridge resident diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Dolan says the advice from her doctors has been clear since the begin...

Published February 15. 2021 11:18PM | Updated February 15. 2021 11:24PM CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Coronavirus developments across New England: MASSACHUSETTS Elderly Massachusetts residents who can’t leave their homes are struggling to get vaccinated, and disability advocates say the state isn’t doing enough to address the problem. “We have been told that the state is planning to work with home health agencies to administer vaccinations to people who are stuck in their homes,” Colin Killic...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Coronavirus developments across New England: MASSACHUSETTS Elderly Massachusetts residents who can’t leave their homes are struggling to get vaccinated, and disability advocates say the state isn’t doing enough to address the problem. “We have been told that the state is planning to work with home health agencies to administer vaccinations to people who are stuck in their homes,” Colin Killick, executive director of...

‘There are a lot of people who can’t get to Fenway or Gillette’: Some residents feel overlooked in vaccine rollout Thousands who can’t easily leave home struggle to get their shots By Kay Lazar Globe Staff,Updated February 14, 2021, 4:33 p.m. Email to a Friend If anyone has experience overcoming obstacles , it’s John Chappell. The 77-year-old Hanover resident, who is a paraplegic, is a former deputy commissioner of a state agency designed to help disabled people. Yet Ch...

They have disabilities and serious medical conditions. But under state guidelines, they don’t qualify for early vaccination Deanna Pan © John Tlumacki/Globe Staff Monica Jennings has 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, a genetic disorder caused by a tiny missing piece of her 22nd chromosome. Under Massachusetts’ rules dictating who is eligible for early access to the COVID-19 vaccine, Jennings doesn’t qualify despite a variety of health conditions. WEYMOUTH — Since the pandemi...