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Local Town COVID-19 Metrics Reporting
Many towns throughout Massachusetts are producing local town COVID-19 metrics dashboards. Today, we are highlighting the metrics dashboard of Wellesley, MA. This dashboard...
Featured Public Health Jobs
11/04/2020: TOWN OF FOXBOROUGH:Director of Public Health Excellent Local Public Health Leadership Opportunity. The Town of Foxborough is seeking to hire a Director of Public...
Pooling Procedures for SARS CoV 2 Diagnostic, Screening, and Surveillance Testing
Recently, health care organizations have been considering "pooled" SARS CoV 2 diagnostic and screening testing for their workforce and patients. In addition, with more and...
DESE COVID-19 School Guidances
The number of issues that have been arising regarding educational delivery formats (in-person, remote, and hybrid (both in-person and remote) and school organized activities for...
Summary of Local Board of Health (LBOH) Relevant Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
MAHB has posted a new technical assistance document entitled “Summary of Local Board of Health (LBOH) Relevant Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education...
New COVID-19 Legal Enforcement/Reopening Question
Are Smoking Bars, as defined in G.L. c. 270, § 22 permitted to be open during Phase III – Step 1? No. State law defines a smoking bar as “an establishment that: (i)...
Boston University COVID-19 Tests Shows Near Zero Percent Positivity
On August 27,2020 the cumulative total of percent negative tests out of the 20,847 valid tests conducted since July 27, 2020 for students at Boston University was 99.84%. This...
Latest August 14th DPH COVID-19 Guidance from DPH
The August 14, 2020, Friday 9:00AM DPH call with local public health heard from officials regarding updates on a number of COVID-19 guidance's including travel exceptions, flu...
Mass DESE School Reopening Information for LBOHs and School Committees
The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) continues to provide new information and updates on Fall 2020 School Reopening. This August 3, 2020 edition of Fall...
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