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Dr Barbara Rockett, first female president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, dies at 89

Dr. Barbara Rockett, first female president of the Massachusetts Medical Society, dies at 89 By Bryan Marquard Globe Staff,Updated April 19, 2021, 2 hours ago Email to a Friend In addition to her many other accomplishments, Dr. Barbara Rockett was a fine equestrian. As a surgical resident 60 years ago, Dr. Barbara Rockett was 8½ months pregnant, moonlighting and making house calls for $10 a visit, when she arrived at a Newton house and climbed three flights of stairs to visit a man in distress. He told her his symptoms, she checked his vital signs, and then called an ambulance after diagnosing a leaking aortic aneurysm.

The Checkup for April 13: Hold on J&J vaccines raises equity issue

A health official in Philadelphia prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. Use of the vaccine is on hold temporarily in Massachusetts and other states while experts review an extremely rare number of blood clots.  ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO J&J VACCINE PAUSE: Federal regulators are recommending that states hold off on administering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, while health experts look at six reported cases of people who had severe blood clots after getting the vaccine. That’s out of more than 6.8 million people who got the vaccine. The delay prompted the head of the state’s medical society to argue that the vaccine program in Massachusetts must be fair.

Coronavirus Briefing: Controlling the crowds, navigating the landscape, smoothing the way

Source: Getty Images We begin this week with a cautionary tale titled “What community transmission looks like.” An event held in February to celebrate the opening of a bar in rural Illinois led to 46 cases of COVID-19, including 26 patrons of the bar, three bar employees, and 17 people who weren’t there at all but got infected by someone who was. Submitted for your consideration are the pertinent findings: Four people who attended the event had COVID-19-like symptoms that day. One attendee was asymptomatic but had received a confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 the day before the party. Attendees reported inconsistent use of masks and failure to socially distance despite properly spaced tables and signs encouraging these precautions.

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