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Share This AMHERST, Mass. – The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) and the University of Massachusetts continue to gather data on the prevalence and incidence of COVID-19 in the state. As a response to improving COVID rates, the study is shifting focus toward the study of antibody prevalence, as well as COVID infections in the general population.  Image The state DPH is the study’s sponsor. “This effort will help us understand the actual effect of infection and vaccination in Massachusetts,” said Monina Klevens, director of research and evaluation for the Burea...

Many communities scrambled to leave state mosquito spraying program A mosquito PHOTO BY PROVIDENCE JOURNAL/TNS Published: 6/1/2021 7:57:30 PM During the past few months, several western Massachusetts communities have scrambled to meet a May 28 deadline to opt out of the state’s mosquito control spraying program. Northampton became the latest municipality to opt out of the program under the State Reclamation and Mosquito Control Board (SRMCB) following in the footsteps of other towns like Amherst, Pelham, Williamsburg, Westhampton, Whately, Goshen and Greenfield. “The Board of Health voted...

Health officials share reason why COVID-19 tests are here to stay Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - From the beginning of the pandemic, testing quickly became a vital step toward containment. While vaccines have taken over the COVID-19 conversation, testing continues to be an important part of the fight against the virus today. Although, it may be nice to envision a world without COVID-19, it is not realistic to think COVID-19 will simply disappear. That is why health officials say COVID-19 testing is here to stay. “Most likely what is going to happen is that you ...

Spread of HIV in Boston cries out for systemic response Updated April 28, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend Bold strategy must include safe consumption sites Re “Officials struggle with HIV cases in Boston” (Metro, April 21): While Boston is certainly not unique in its HIV outbreak among unsheltered people who use drugs, it is exceptional for its public health and medical infrastructure and recent willingness to try bold new strategies, such as providing housing to those who are actively using drugs and living with HIV (as the state recently announced). While this is a critical st...

Health officials struggle to contain Boston HIV outbreak By Felice J. Freyer Globe Staff,Updated April 20, 2021, 2:56 p.m. Email to a Friend AHOPE Sharps team walks through Clifford Playground looking for discarded needles in Boston in 2019. Public health officials are struggling to contain an outbreak of HIV among homeless drug users in Boston. And the virus, which is deadly when untreated, is thought to be spreading undetected among people who inject drugs and lack stable housing.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff Public health officials are struggling to contain an outbreak of HIV among homeless ...