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Vaccination rates among Massachusetts health care workers below state, federal goals, placing some patients at risk
A new state report shows an alarming number of health care workers at facilities across Massachusetts failed to get vaccinated during flu season, prompting state officials concerned about risks to patients to issue reminder letters to facilities that either failed to report data or fell below state and federal vaccination rate goals. Among nursing homes, …
For investors, digital health data outweighs algorithms
Investors present at the SoCalBio Digital Health conference. From left to right: Luke Hayes, managing director of Torrent Ventures; Kwame Ulmer, venture partner with Wavemaker Sixty-Three Health; Richard Well, partner wih Mount Wilson Ventures; John Shen, founder of Sunstone Management; Yiwen Li, director of strategy and business development for NantHealth. Venture capital firms first …
Massachusetts RMV to reopen Tuesday following system updates
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Technology upgrades to the Massachusetts RMV are throwing a wrench in driver’s inspection plans this weekend. All RMV services are unavailable until Tuesday as the service applies much-needed upgrades to its technology systems. Vehicle inspections, service center appointments and even online services are suspended during the overhaul. While some drivers are …
Daiichi Sankyo sues Seattle Genetics over antibody-drug conjugate technology
A Japanese drugmaker is suing a U.S.-based biotech company over the latter’s claims to intellectual property dating back to a now defunct partnership between the two. Tokyo-based Daiichi Sankyo said Monday that it had sued Seattle Genetics in the District Court of Delaware after it said Seattle Genetics laid claim to intellectual property rights related …
Police: trooper attacked while breaking up domestic assault | Massachusetts
BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) — A state trooper has been attacked while trying to break up a domestic assault. Massachusetts State Police said Monday that Trooper Michael Sierra was patrolling Route 2 Sunday afternoon when he noticed a car stopped on the side of the road. Police say as Sierra approached the car, a man got …
ACLU sues feds over surveillance from facial recognition technology
Getty Images/Oli Scarff The ACLU says the growing use of surveillance and facial recognition technology threatens liberty. Getty Images/Oli Scarff The ACLU says the growing use of surveillance and facial recognition technology threatens liberty. Related stories WASHINGTON, D.C. – The America Civil Liberties Union is suing multiple government agencies to release records on how facial …
Vape shop owners sue Massachusetts over product sale ban
FILE PHOTO: A man exits a vape shop in Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S., September 12, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (Reuters) – Several vape shop owners are suing the state of Massachusetts for implementing a four-month ban on sales of all vaping products and asked the court to deem it “unconstitutional.” Massachusetts imposed a ban on …
Officials confirm 3rd Massachusetts resident has died of EEE
A third person has died of Eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts this year, according to state health officials. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health told WCVB that is has received reports about three fatalities among the 10 confirmed human cases of EEE this year. No information was immediately available about the latest victim. A Freetown …
First human case of West Nile Virus confirmed in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced the first human case of West Nile virus in the state this year. Health officials said the individual is a man in his 60s from Middlesex County who was hospitalized due to his illness. Health officials said the risk of human infection with West Nile virus is considered …
Town steps up spraying, changes recess procedures after 5-year-old diagnosed with EEE
Monday is the first day back to class in Sudbury since a 5-year-old girl was diagnosed with Eastern equine encephalitis in the town.Town leaders say trucks will be rolling through town, spraying for mosquitoes Monday and Tuesday. Workers with backpack sprayers will go around the vegetation of school properties to try to decrease the mosquito …
