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People have also found that scheduling an appointment to get vaccinated is next to impossible. On a positive note, Cape Cod Healthcare president and chief executive officer Michael K. Lauf said vaccinated healthcare workers in his organization are staying healthy. He said last week was the first week since the start of the pandemic that no employees were out sick with the virus. The rate of new cases of the disease have started to slow; still, more people on Cape Cod have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in January than were diagnosed in the first eight months of the pandemic combined. Additional...

A COVID-19 testing program dedicated to child care providers and the families they serve has been launched in Massachusetts, according to the office of Gov. Charlie Baker. Baker's administration says the Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) is partnering with private and philanthropic funders to launch an eight-week pilot testing program. Sign up for our Newsletters On-demand PCR testing will be available only to child care providers and...

Massachusetts To Open Seven Mass Vaccination Sites.The COVID19 Response Command Center has been plotting out WCVBUpdate: Latest Coronavirus Cases In...

Smokers can now light up the vaccination hotlines in many states. New Jersey, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and Virginia are registering smokers to get the coronavirus vaccine early, according to a health care think tank. “The goal is to get people at greatest risk,” said Jennifer Tolbert, director of state health reform at the California-based Kaiser Family Foundation. “By targeting those individuals, you can hopefully reduce the chance of them ending up in the hospital with more severe cases of COVID and at greater risk of dying.” The Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...

In Massachusetts, where the vaccine rollout has been at times slower than anticipated, Biden’s initiative could mean additional resources for the cash-strapped local public health departments charged with doling out vaccines to their communities.