Ashish Jha

Massachusetts health care workers who received their first dose of a COVID vaccine will soon be getting their second shot, but at least one New England medical experts is pushing for a delay. “We’re likely looking at, at least another 100, maybe another 150,000 people dying between now and the end of February, and that’s awful and we’ve got...

Brown University School of Public Health Dean Dr. Ashish Jha argues that with case numbers rising, and the new COVID variant threatening to worsen the spread, it may be time to consider delaying the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccines, to be able to immunize a larger number of people sooner.

The dean of Brown University’s School of Public health is speaking out about what he calls a slow distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, criticizing the federal government for not doing enough to help at the state level. In a lengthy tweet thread, Dr. Ashish Jha said he was “incredibly frustrated” by the slow pace of vaccine distribution and states and...

As Christmas celebrations wind down and preparations for New Year’s Eve begin, new restrictions have taken effect in Massachusetts that aim to curb a new spike in holiday-related COVID-19 cases. But when would evidence of that surge likely appear? Thanksgiving, which inspired the new restrictions, may offer a sense.

Gov. Charlie Baker hinted more restrictions could be coming to minimize the impact of another significant surge, as he made a Christmas week plea to residents, begging them to stay home for the holidays.

With the spread of COVID-19 continuing to accelerate, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that the entire state will revert to Phase 3, Step 1 of its reopening plan beginning on Sunday. “The rate Massachusetts residents are getting infected and the rate at which they are needing medical care, if all continues to move at this pace, is simply not…

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Monday he is taking new action to slow the spread of the virus, moving Massachusetts back to Step 1 of Phase 3, starting Sunday.

Effective Sunday, Gov. Baker announced that Massachusetts will rollback the state COVID-19 reopening plan to Phase 3, Step 1.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced expanded free COVID-19 testing on Monday — sites will now be in 25 communities — and hinted that more restrictions could be coming as the state continues to see a surge in cases of the virus.

As coronavirus cases continue to surge and field hospitals reopen in Massachusetts, more are joining a chorus of calls on Gov. Charlie Baker to implement more stringent restrictions. Baker seemed to hint on Monday that his administration will be acting on that front soon while acknowledging growing frustration with him and the situation more generally. At a news conference where…

As coronavirus cases continue to surge and field hospitals reopen in Massachusetts, more are joining a chorus of calls on Gov. Charlie Baker to implement more stringent restrictions. Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University’s School of Public Health, is one of the latest health professionals to push for tighter coronavirus restrictions in Massachusetts

With COVID fatigue setting in, public health experts want to give people motivation that hope is on the horizon. But doctors say that, to get to the more normal future, we need to take the virus very seriously right now. “The next two to three months are going to be the hardest of the pandemic,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, dean…

Public health experts say hope is on the horizon, but to get to that place, we need to take the coronavirus very serious now.

For months, the bulk of the United States’ coronavirus cases were concentrated in the Northeast — Massachusetts followed New York and New Jersey as the third-hardest-hit state in the nation. But while those states have brought their outbreaks under control, this week outbreaks in the South and Southwest shot up. Florida and Texas were even forced to roll back some…

Florida, Texas and California have seen an explosion in new cases over the past few days, breaking daily records in new cases reported by state. The first coronavirus task force briefing in nearly two months resumes this afternoon.