Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

A mask requirement has returned to a unit of a Boston hospital affected by a cluster of COVID-19 cases.

The masking mandate inside hospitals in Massachusetts was, by and large, lifted in May, and face coverings became optional. But now, there’s been a cluster of COVID-19 cases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. “It’s something that could have been completely prevented,” said Harvard Medical School instructor Dr. Lara Jirmanus. “It’s a shame and a pity.” A...

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center detected a cluster of COVID cases among staff and patients.

Police released surveillance images of a man being sought in the stabbing of 91-year-old Jean McGuire last week in Franklin Park.

UPDATE (Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022): The person police were seeking was found and is not a person of interest in the stabbing, officials say. The Boston Police Department is searching for a man in connection with the stabbing of a 91-year-old civil rights pioneer last week in Franklin Park. Jean McGuire was attacked while walking her dog around 8:30 p.m….

A week after being stabbed, 91-year-old Boston civil rights pioneer tells her story.

Trailblazing Boston civil rights activist Jean McGuire was all smiles Tuesday morning as she prepared to leave Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where she was treated after being stabbed in Franklin Park last week. Despite the circumstances, the 91-year-old education leader was filled with humor and gratitude, as she was joined by family and her care team at the hospital…

Her family encouraged the community to get in touch with police if they know anything at all about who her attacker was, and “stand up for Jean.”