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Mass. World War II veteran gets COVID-19 vaccine; first VA patient in country Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton State House News Service BEDFORD — As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot. The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital received the shot at 12:07 p.m. Andrew Miller, a housekeeper in...

UpdatedWed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:39 pm ET Reply Some Beverly Hospital staff could receive the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine as soon as Wednesday, according to Beth Israel Lahey Health. (Shutterstock) BEVERLY, MA — The first coronavirus vaccine could be available to front line staff at Beverly Hospital as early as Wednesday, according to Beth Israel Lahey Health. The health care system that runs Beverly Hospital said in a statement to Patch it expects to receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine "in the next day or two" and is planning to begin staff vaccinations the next day. "A multi-disciplinary BILH...

PITTSFIELD — The first shipment of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine is expected to arrive at Berkshire Medical Center on Tuesday. That shipment will include 1,950 doses for Berkshire Health Systems, according to Michael Leary, communications director for BHS, which owns Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield and Fairview Hospital in Great Barrington, as well as other medical facilities across the county. "Our plan is to begin administration of the vaccine across the system on Thursday morning and into next week, prioritizing the staff of the Emergency Departments at BMC and North Adams Campu...

Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton State House News Service BOSTON — As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts on Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot. The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital received the shot at 12:07 p.m. Andrew Miller, a housekeeper in environmental management service, was the first VA Bedford employee to get t...

Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton/ State House News As the first COVID-19 vaccines began arriving in Massachusetts  Monday, a 96-year-old World War II veteran in Bedford became the first VA patient in the country to get the shot. The VA Bedford Healthcare system announced the milestone over social media, posting that Margaret Klessens, a resident of the Community Living Center in the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, received the shot at 12:07 p.m. Andrew Miller, a housekeeper in environmental management service, was the first VA Bedford employee to get the vaccine, at 12:...