The MBTA announced that the RIDE paratransit service will temporarily allow customers to book trips for their personal care attendants (PCAs) in an effort to best support their ADA-eligible customers during the COVID-19 situation. “This change will allow the MBTA…
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Everett Children Thank Cambridge Health Alliance Staff
With the help of a dedicated team of the cutest card-makers from the community coordinated by Councilor Stephanie Martins, Chris Moreira, owner of The Square Deli on Broadway, in partnership with Prepped Gainz, and Everett Bread Service, surprised the CHA Everett…
Allowing the States to Go Bankrupt Is a Really Bad Idea
One of the most glaring shortcomings thus far of the stimulus and disaster packages that have been passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the failure to provide assistance to the states. Every state in the…
Guest Op-Ed: Fighting for the Frontline
By Maura Healey More than 300,000 health care workers and first responders in Massachusetts have stepped up to the frontlines in the battle against COVID-19. They suit up in scrubs or uniforms, leave the comfort of their homes, and put…
Guest Op-Ed: Science Matters
By Jack Clarke Either science matters or it doesn’t. Policy makers can’t have it both ways and selectively apply it only when it advances a political agenda. Science should inform and drive public policy not the other way around –…
Obituaries 04-29-2020
Doris Marion Carlino Enjoyed a Long Career in Concert Doris Marion Carlino, a soprano who enjoyed a long career in concert, radio, and recordings, died peacefully on April 23 at Woodbriar Health Center in Wilmington, Massachusetts. She was 95. She…
Cheerful Medicine: First Responders, City, and Residents Turn out to Support CHA Everett
Curious nurses, transport staff and doctors began to file out the front door Friday after noon on Garland Street – wondering just what Mayor Carlo DeMaria and First Lady Stacy DeMaria were doing outside with about 60 City employees and…
It Takes a Village
Update: COVID-19 in our Community
Special to the Independentt The East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) is working aggressively on the front lines of COVID-19. We are coordinating and developing resources so that our patients, staff, and community members have access to vital information and…
DiDomenico, McGonagle Announce New Legal Protections for Health Care Workers
Sen. Sal DiDomenico and Rep. Joseph McGonagle have announced that the State Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation to provide legal protection to health care personnel and facilities to rapidly respond to the COVID-19 emergency. “Our health care workers…