Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years…
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Last week, the MA Office of Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders issued a letter to confirm that, consistent with Massachusetts COVID-19 Command Center guidance, EMS providers and first responders are not required to quarantine following an exposure to…
Both appear to be more than 90 percent effective in clinical trials and could begin to be available before the end of the year.
A year of scientific uncertainty is over. Two vaccines look like they will work, and more should follow.
MA COVID-19 Command Center Situation Report Thursday June 17 MA COVID-19 Command Center Situation Report Thursday June 10 MA COVID-19 Command Center Situation Report Thursday June 3 MA COVID-19 Command Center Situation Report Thursday May 27 MA COVID-19 Command Center…
The W MA HMCC provides support within a multi-agency response by supporting the MA State Department of Public Health, healthcare providers and local health jurisdictions. Standing links to state and federal partners that issue clinical or public information guidance and…
Today Governor Charlie Baker declared a State of Emergency in Massachusetts to support the Commonwealth’s response to the outbreak of Coronavirus. The Baker-Polito Administration also announced new guidance for Executive Branch employees in order to prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19.…
CDC to conduct additional testing to confirm state’s possible second case.