Fall River, Somerset pharmacies among new COVID-19 vaccine access points
Chris Lisinski
BOSTON More than a dozen Massachusetts pharmacies including ones in Fall River and Somerset will administer thousands of COVID-19 vaccines through a new federal partnership, a mass vaccination site will open at Fenway Park next month, and UMass Amherst will expand its immunization efforts in an escalation of the state s rollout plans.
Gov. Charlie Baker s office on Tuesday announced the significant uptick in vaccine capacity on four fronts, collectively adding thousands of doses per week to the state s capacity.
CVS and Walgreens pharmacies will share 10,000 vaccine doses per week to administer as part of the COVID-19 Centers for Disease Control Pharmacy Partnership, Baker s office said, making Massachusetts one of the first states in the new program.
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North American Partners in Anesthesia Expands Anesthesia Services to Lawrence General Hospital .
North American Partners in AnesthesiaJanuary 19, 2021 GMT
MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) is growing its New England regional service area with a new clinical partnership at Lawrence General Hospital. Effective January 1, 2021, NAPA will provide anesthesia services at the 186-bed community hospital that has served patients in the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire regions since 1875. NAPA is the largest single-specialty anesthesia and perioperative management company in the U.S., with more than 5,000 clinicians providing anesthesia at hundreds of hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers from coast to coast.
Officials located a semi-automatic handgun in Methuen Friday afternoon after two suspects, including a teen, allegedly assaulted a state trooper and tossed a gun into the Merrimack River, State Police announced Saturday.