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COVID Testing Site Receives Cease and Desist After Complaints
Three Massachusetts locations of a COVID-19 testing company was shut down by the state after people reported not receiving their results.
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Cease and Desist Issued for COVID Testing Company
Complaints about people not getting their test results from the Center for COVID Control have led the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office to shut down three locations.
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AG Investigating Complains at COVID Testing Sites
Many residents still haven’t received the results of their COVID tests from several sites in Massachusetts run by the same company.
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3 Mass. COVID Testing Sites Shut Down Amid Investigation
Pop-up COVID testing locations run by a company called Center for COVID Control in Massachusetts and the country have come under scrutiny for their operating practices, and officials on Thursday ordered that the three in the state stop operating. Tests for COVID can be hard to come by, which is why some people rely on pop-up, no appointment testing sites…
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COVID Test Results Unavailable for Cambridge Students
Students in Cambridge are going to class without knowing if they or their classmates are infected with COVID-19. Most of the individual test results that were expected before the first day of school after the winter break won’t be made available. “It was a fiasco,” said Catherine Elton, a mother of two Cambridge schoolgirls. Elton sent her two daughters...
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COVID Test Results Unavailable for Many Students in Cambridge
Families in Cambridge who waited in long lines are learning days later they’ll never know the results of their COVID-19 tests.
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Closures, Delays Monday for Some Mass. Schools Due to COVID Concerns
From Worcester to Cambridge and throughout Massachusetts this weekend, rapid COVID-19 tests were handed out to every public school district in the state ahead of the return to classrooms Monday from a long holiday break. But some schools will open late, or later in the week, due to COVID concerns.
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Some Mass. Schools Opt Not to Reopen Monday
Gov. Charlie Baker had strong words last week about keeping kids in school, despite a surge in COVID cases.
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Mass. Teachers and Staff Pick Up COVID Tests Ahead of Return to School
Teachers and staff across Massachusetts are headed back to school this weekend to pick up their COVID-19 tests ahead of their return to school this week.
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Some Teachers Have Safety Concerns With Mass. Schools Set to Welcome Students Back Monday
More than 227,000 at-home rapid COVID tests arrived in Franklin and other towns and are being distributed to school districts throughout the state so teachers can test themselves before returning to the classroom Monday.
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COVID-19 Tests Distributed to Schools Across Mass.
More than 227,000 COVID-19 test kits were distributed to school teachers this weekend. But some teachers feel it’s not enough time to do it safely.
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Masks, Test Kits Handed Out But Several Mass. Schools Delaying Return Over COVID Concerns
From Worcester to Cambridge and throughout Massachusetts this weekend, rapid COVID-19 tests were handed out to every public school district in the state ahead of the return to classrooms Monday from a long holiday break. But some schools will open late, or later in the week, due to COVID concerns. Click here for Massachusetts school closings and delays Click here…
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COVID Tests For Schools To Be Distributed Saturday
The distribution process starts Saturday afternoon.
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Lawmakers React to Gov. Charlie Baker's Omicron Response
Gov. Charlie Baker issued a mask advisory in Massachusetts, but many feel it does not go far enough and should be a mandate.
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Lawmakers Demand More Action From Baker On COVID-19 Front
After hosting an oversight hearing that top state health officials skipped, high-ranking lawmakers are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to consider a menu of pandemic management options, including quarantine and isolation shelters and a pause on school mask mandate exemptions. Baker on Tuesday introduced a masking advisory, outlined plans to have the National Guard assist the health care sector, and…
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Mask Mandate Goes Into Effect in Lowell
Lowell has become the latest Massachusetts community to enact an indoor mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 numbers. On Wednesday, the city reported 108 new cases of COVID-19 for a total of more than 23,000 since the pandemic began. The city’s vaccination rate is below the state average, as only 61 percent of eligible residents are fully vaccinated. The new indoor…
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Mask Mandate Goes Into Effect in Lowell
Masks are now required in most buildings in Lowell.
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Mass. State House Remains Closed After 600 Days
The Massachusetts State House is the only state capitol in the country to remain closed to the public since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Vaccine Mandate for Mass. State House Proposed by Lawmakers
Lawmakers will take up a vaccine mandate for themselves and workers here at the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill. House leaders propose anyone who wants to work from the state house will need to be vaccinated. Some republicans have come out against the mandate saying that they work for the people, not the legislature and should be allowed in…
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Lawmakers Vote on State House Vaccine Requirement
House leaders have proposed that anyone who wants to work from Beacon Hill will need to be vaccinated.