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Are smaller vaccination sites the key to reaching residents within Massachusetts’ urban centers? Updated Feb 13, 2021; Posted Feb 13, 2021 One of the 10 National Guards m edical personel stands outside the doors at the Eastfield Mall vaccination site. (Douglas Hook / MassLive) Facebook Share As the vaccine slowly drips through to municipalities across the state, city leaders look at where they could open their own sites for residents. Springfield houses the only super vaccination site west...

Some lawmakers and medical experts are criticizing Massachusetts’ plan to severely curtail the number of coronavirus vaccine doses distributed to hospitals...

Updated on February 12, 2021 at 8:00 pm NBCUniversal Media, LLC Following complaints about its vaccine appointment scheduling website, Massachusetts announced that it is launching a new vaccine finder website on Friday. The new tool — vaxfinder.mass.gov — is now live, and state health officials said it will make booking vaccine appointments much easier. Download our mobile app for iOS to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. It shows vaccine sites and appointment availability all...

Massachusetts needs to simplify the booking process for COVID vaccinations, state Sen. Eric Lesser says after touring Eastfield Mall site Updated Feb 10, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 Waiting areas have been set up inside the Eastfield Mall on Wednesday to keep people from waiting outside in the cold. (Douglas Hook / MassLive) Facebook Share Days after the state opened a hotline to offer seniors support in making COVID-19 vaccination appointments, a Massachusetts lawmaker says more is still neede...

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Harvard professor gives Mass. an ‘F’ for its vaccine rollout © Provided by WCVB Boston COVID-19 vaccination The state of Massachusetts is currently earning a failing grade for its vaccine rollout, according to a Harvard University professor. Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government for Harvard’s Kennedy School, says Massachusetts is getting an “F” in three of the four key performance measures among the 50 states in the country.Sign up for our Newsletters For the p...

Massachusetts needs to simplify the booking process for COVID-19 vaccinations, state Sen. Eric Lesser says after touring Eastfield Mall site MassLive.com 2/10/2021 Douglas Hook, masslive.com © Douglas Hook | dhook@masslive.com/masslive.com/TNS New staff have been recruted to aid the people coming to the Eastfield Mall for their vaccinations. Days after the state opened a hotline to offer seniors support in making COVID-19 vaccination appointments, a Massachusetts lawmaker s...

Hundreds of people waited outside the Eastfield Mall in Springfield on Monday and Tuesday, in some cases for hours.

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‘We can and must do better’; Complaints over COVID vaccine rollout in Mass. and how some think it should change Updated Feb 09, 2021; Facebook Share Mobile vaccine vans offering shots in towns dozens of miles from mass vaccination sites. A 24-hour call center open seven days a week to schedule appointments for the COVID-19 vaccine. An outreach director at the top pushing for racial, ethnic, income and geographic equity with every step of the state’s vaccine rollout. These are some of the...