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Music City moves, cannabis boost, bag ban delay: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY © The Republic No. 46: Amerco | U-Haul truck, equipment rentals | 2019 employees: 3,843 | 2018 employees: 3,852 | Ownership: Public | Headquarters: Phoenix | www.uhaul.com Alabama Birmingham: Mayor Randall Woodfin was released from a hospital Wednesday after being treated for COVID-19 and planned to continue recovering from the illness and quaran...

Biden Says He’ll Release More Vaccine in Second-Dose Gamble Bloomberg 1/8/2021 Josh Wingrove, Jordan Fabian and John Tozzi (Bloomberg) -- President-elect Joe Biden’s team says he’ll distribute more of the available doses of coronavirus vaccines, reversing the Trump administration’s practice of holding back the second shots needed to reach maximum potency. The move, announced by Biden’s office Friday and supported by a group of Democratic governors, represents a gambl...

3 months ago in Local Denise Vozella Photo: WHMP BOSTON (AP) – The coronavirus field hospital in Worcester has expanded to 75 beds and has treated 275 patients since reopening last month. The field hospital run by UMass Memorial Health Care first treated patients last spring. UMass Memorial President Dr. Eric Dickson said Wednesday that all told, nearly 500 patients were treated at the field hospital in 2020....

COVID field hospital at Worcester DCU Center has treated 275 patients since reopening in December Updated Jan 06, 2021; The coronavirus field hospital at the DCU Center in Worcester has expanded to 75 beds and has treated 275 patients since reopening at the beginning of December, officials said. Run by UMass Memorial Health Care, the field hospital first treated patients last spring during the initial surge of the virus. In November, as COVID-19 cases rose in Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker ...

Augustus on the mend: City manager says COVID-19 episode and bout of pneumonia a little scary Kim Ring, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Ashley Green WORCESTER - Dr. Michael Hirsh, Mayor Joesph Petty and City Manager Ed Augustus reunite on Wednesday, December 30, 2020 for the weekly COVID-19 press conference after Augustus spent a few weeks working from home after testing positive. WORCESTER - City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. followed all the rules to avoid catching the nove...

‘It really changes things’: Staff at UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester hopeful after receiving first doses of COVID vaccine Updated Dec 17, 2020; Facebook Share Masks covered their faces but the emotions of the moment weren’t hidden. A socially-distanced line formed at UMass Memorial Health Care’s University Campus in Worcester as employees began receiving the coronavirus vaccine. Lindsay Bagdis, a physical therapist at the hospital, stood next to a co-worker she has known for y...

Gov. Baker Urges Residents to Skip Holiday Gatherings, Citing Post-Thanksgiving COVID Spike Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker. Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday urged Massachusetts residents not to gather in groups during the upcoming holidays, saying such activities over Thanksgiving led to a significant spike in coronavirus cases. Baker said a surge of new coronavirus cases since Thanksgiving has put a "significant strain" on the health care system, and warned the situation could worsen after Dec...

Significant step in COVID-19 marathon: Vaccine arrives at more Mass. hospitals © Sarah Evans/Mass General Brigham Technical research assistants unbox the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive at Mass General Brigham on Dec. 15, 2020. More Massachusetts hospitals are receiving shipments of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday as health care workers across the state prepare to get the first doses. On Monday, four hospitals received a combined 5,850 doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. On T...

Health care providers to play offense: UMass Memorial to begin vaccinating its caregivers Thursday Cyrus Moulton, Telegram & Gazette © T&G Staff/Christine Peterson In center, Elizabeth Radigan, director of clinical pharmacy services, talks with others about the vaccination process that will begin on Dec. 22 at the Knowles Hall location of UMass Memorial Medical Center off Belmont Street. WORCESTER — UMass Memorial Medical Center is expecting to get the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID...

WCVB WORCESTER — More Massachusetts hospitals received shipments of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday as health care workers across the state prepare to get the first doses. South Shore Hospital received its first shipment early Tuesday, and the first vaccinations are set to happen this week. "I think the word unprecedented has been used a lot," said Kristopher Young, chief pharmacy officer for South Shore Health. "It’s one small step, but a very significant step for us in this marathon ...