Staffers at the Cambridge Health Alliance clinic for COVID-19 patients in Somerville RN Erik Westhaver and Medical Assistants Nancy Morales and Carla Ayala show off their newly vaccinated arms. (Courtesy Dr. Anna Rabkina, Cambridge Health Alliance)
Last month, primary care doctor John Adams realized that coronavirus vaccines would be coming very soon, and he wasn’t ready for them. He didn’t know enough yet to counsel patients or make his own decision about whether to get one. And some of his colleagues at the Cambridge Health Alliance COVID-19 clinic in Somerville, Mass., felt the same. It was very much like, ‘We need to learn more about how these things work, because they’re coming fast, Dr. Adams said, and we all sort of shared these doubts.
members of this line. cars. this is nancy morales. you re a puerto rican who lives in orlando, you re also a teacher. what are the main issues this community cares about? here in central florida, we have seen tens of thousands of puerto ricans and students coming into our schools. so public education is a big concern for us, and also for the teachers who have been coming because i ve been helping teachers become certified in florida and it s not that easy under the current administration, of this governor over the last eight years, there have been massive cuts to public education and privatization of schools. so just like on the island, our recently arrived puerto ricans have a big concern about being able to send their children to
court, the justices hear the first of two cases involving same-sex marriage. they appeared divided on whether to overturn california s proposition 8. traditional marriage has been around for thousands of years. same-sex marriages very new. i think was first adopted in the netherlands in 2000. so there is not a lot of data about it. it may turn out to be a good thing, and may turn out not to be a good thing as the supporters of proposition 8 apparently believe. horrocks we will play recordings of some of the justice questions in speak to a married same-sex couple from california leading the fight for equality and look at today s case or the constitutionality of doma, the defense of marriage act. we will also speak to the wood or of the late gerry studds, the nation s first openly gay congressman. to this day he is unable to receive the pension provided to surviving spouses of members of congress. then we will go to north dakota, which has enacted a series of anti-choice meas
court, the justices hear the first of two cases involving same-sex marriage. they appeared divided on whether to overturn california s proposition 8. traditional marriage has been around for thousands of years. same-sex marriages very new. i think was first adopted in the netherlands in 2000. so there is not a lot of data about it. it may turn out to be a good thing, and may turn out not to be a good thing as the supporters of proposition 8 apparently believe. horrocks we will play recordings of some of the justice questions in speak to a married same-sex couple from california leading the fight for equality and look at today s case or the constitutionality of doma, the defense of marriage act. we will also speak to the wood or of the late gerry studds, the nation s first openly gay congressman. to this day he is unable to receive the pension provided to surviving spouses of members of congress. then we will go to north dakota, which has enacted a series of anti-choice meas