Kim Janey set to be first Black person, first woman to serve as Boston mayor
By Milton J. Valencia Globe Staff,Updated January 7, 2021, 9:15 p.m.
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Boston City Councilor Kim Janey has served as president for two years.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff/David L Ryan, Globe Staff
President-elect Joe Bidenâs selection of Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh for his Cabinet means that City Council President Kim Janey is poised to become the first Black person and first woman to serve as the cityâs mayor, making history amid a social justice movement sweeping the state and the nation.
Anxiety, relief â and confusion â as vaccines head to Massachusettsâ hard-hit senior care sites
Some nursing home staff wary of vaccine program that starts Monday
By Kay Lazar and Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated December 25, 2020, 4:37 p.m.
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Belmont Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Belmont, where dozens of people have died of COVID-19.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff/The Boston Globe
No group has suffered more in the COVID-19 pandemic than residents at long-term-care facilities, accounting for more than 60 percent of coronavirus deaths in Massachusetts. And there are ominous signs infections are surging again: Nearly three-quarters of the stateâs long-term-care facilities have at least two COVID-19 cases.
Will a shift in learning models help lower the rising rates of depression, suicide among children in Massachusetts?
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
As Massachusetts health officials face the latest surge of coronavirus cases, pediatricians are warning of a growing health crisis in children.
A panel of doctors and child advocates spoke before the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Tuesday about the worsening mental health of school-aged children. The discussion was held just before a vote about proposed changes to K-12 learning across the state to increase the amount of face time students have with teachers. The amendment passed, 7-4.
“We have to recognize this one truth: We’re going to lose more kids to suicide than COVID,” Dr. Mathieu Bermingham, the medical director of children services of Roxbury and a consultant to the Department of the Mental Health in early childhood mental health, told board members Tuesday.