UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester launches investigation after employees may have been involved at insurrection at U.S. Capitol
Updated Jan 08, 2021;
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UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester said it has launched in an investigation to determine if one or more of its employees were involved in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
The region’s largest employer said on Friday that it has been made aware that one or more employees may have been involved in the violence that occurred in Washington D.C. on Wednesday.
“We have been made aware that one or more of our employees may have been involved in the violence that took place at our Nation’s Capitol,” the state’s third-largest health care provider said in a statement. “We strongly condemn such behavior, if true, and have initiated an investigation.”
Dry ice is a hot commodity because of the vaccine
Massachusetts suppliers are helping to keep Pfizer-BioNTech shipments at minus-94 degrees Fahrenheit.
By Anissa Gardizy Globe Staff,Updated December 17, 2020, 10:36 a.m.
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doses of a COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech were administered across the United States on Monday, it marked the beginning of a mass distribution
effort that hinges on an unlikely product: dry ice.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine needs to be kept at minus-94 degrees Fahrenheit, far beyond the capability of traditional freezers. But dry ice â which is frozen carbon dioxide â has a surface temperature of minus-109.3 degrees Fahrenheit, which makes it a sought-after product for shipping and storing the vaccine.
UMass Memorial doctor shovels out from storm to receive COVID vaccine at Worcester hospital
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
While it may have been difficult for some Thursday morning to find motivation to shovel out their vehicle to commute into work, Dr. Timothy Boardman couldn’t wait.
Boardman, an emergency medicine specialist at UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, will receive Pfizer’s COVID vaccine on Thursday.
Boardman shared a tweet Thursday morning of his snow-covered Jeep Wrangler with the caption, “Shoveling myself out to get my #CovidVaccine today!” followed by “#ThisIsOurShot”.
Boardman is an emergency physician with UMass and an Emergency Medical Services Fellow, which means his is completing an extra year of training in EMS and Prehospital care.
Harrington HealthCare System to provide COVID vaccinations at Southbridge Community Center following state guidelines
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
Harrington HealthCare System announced on Tuesday that it will open a facility to begin administering COVID-19 vaccinations as early as Wednesday.
Harrington said it plans to provide the vaccinations at the Southbridge Community Center located at 153 Chestnut St. It received its first shipment of Pfizer’s vaccine on Tuesday. Staff will be among the first to receive the first dose, the health care system said.
The vaccine will be made available to others in the community in following the distribution plan set out by the state officials, the facility said.
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 December s holidays, threatening to dampen optimism following the arrival this week of vaccine shipments to the state. It s pretty simple, Baker said in a press conference. The safest way to celebrate this year is with members of your own household and to postpone or cancel any travel plans and to avoid gatherings with people you don t live with. Any type of celebration beyond that has real potential, as we saw with Thanksgiving, to spread the virus and hurt the ones we love the most.