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Pooled COVID testing in Massachusetts schools showing low prevalence of virus among students, staff Updated Mar 17, 2021; Posted Mar 17, 2021 For younger students nurse Melissa Joubert administers the test. Pictured here is Myles Appiah, a 6-year-old in the first grade. Facebook Share With pooled COVID-19 testing underway at more than 1,000 Massachusetts schools as health metrics improve, few positive cases are being reported among the students and staff who submit a nose swab each week. “F...

Several topics were on the agenda at the regular meeting ofthe Arvada-Clearmont School board on March 10 at 7 p.m. Auzqui reported that Clearmont received a district accreditation report which gave Clearmont a 96%. “There are a few adjustments we could make to bring it to 100%, but I don’t think we have to do that. Most schools average 85%, so Clearmont is doing very well. Kudos to the board and the A/C School Staff.” The board watched video presentation from the K-12 Students of what is ...

Here’s a look at who’s running the state’s mass vaccination sites By Anissa Gardizy Globe Staff,Updated March 5, 2021, 2:22 p.m. Email to a Friend Amid the press to vaccinate residents across Massachusetts, state officials are leaning on three companies to operate its mass vaccination sites. Two were born out of the pandemic and, along with a third global life sciences company, are now administering COVID-19 vaccine doses at seven sites across the state. Executives behind these ...

If you are one of the estimated one million newly eligible vaccine recipients and logged on to the state's website to book an appointment Thursday morning, you would have seen an error message.

How 6-month-old Cambridge startup CIC Health became a leader in testing, vaccinations in Massachusetts [Boston Herald] Jan. 30—A six-month-old Cambridge start-up is leading the charge on coronavirus testing and more recently on vaccination efforts in Massachusetts and beyond — including running operations at the state’s largest vaccination sites. “In some ways, this fell into our laps. It has been a total trip to be able to come in and help,” CIC Health CEO Tim Rowe said. “And it’...

Seven months ago CIC Health didn’t exist. Today it’s running the state’s mass vaccination effort Innovation, speed, good connections helped it to quickly ramp up at Gillette Stadium By Anissa Gardizy Globe Correspondent,Updated January 24, 2021, 3:56 p.m. Email to a Friend Tim Rowe started getting nervous last February. The founder and chief executive of the Cambridge Innovation Center, a co-working company, had heard from CIC’s Tokyo office about the emergence of a novel co...

CIC Health, led by Rowe and Gawande, will manage vaccinations at Gillette Stadium By Anissa Gardizy Globe Staff,Updated January 14, 2021, 12:04 p.m. Email to a Friend Governor Charlie Baker has said the Gillette Stadium vaccination site, which had a soft launch Thursday, could vaccinate up to 5,000 people per day once it is in full swing.Charles Krupa/Associated Press The group charged with managing the state’s first large-scale COVID-19 vaccination site was formed about six months ago, an...

The time Rhode Island had an Electoral College crisis Rhode Island has played a crucial role in at least one Electoral College controversy – in 1876 By Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated December 14, 2020, 8:30 a.m. Email to a Friend LEADING OFF Happy Monday and welcome to Rhode Map, your daily guide to everything happening in the Ocean State. I’m Dan McGowan and my fantasy football season came to a crashing end yesterday, so I’ll be in a mood this week. Follow me on Twitter . ICYM...