After climbing exponentially for weeks, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Springfield, Massachusetts has leveled off, but health officials fear a post-Thanksgiving surge. WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill reports.
As a second wave of COVID-19 cases hits Massachusetts, officials in the state’s third largest city have announced steps they’ll take to try to stop the spread of the disease.
There has been an uptick in new COVID-19 cases in the largest city in western Massachusetts prompting appeals for people to stick with the state’s health and safety guidelines.
A testing program for the coronavirus in Massachusetts communities with higher infection rates is starting in Springfield, but its effectiveness is being questioned.
The number of new COVID-19 cases occurring day-to-day remains low in the largest city in western Massachusetts. But, Springfield’s top health official is sounding an alarm.
Listen to the interview with Helen Caulton-Harris.
The public health department in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts – home to one of the state’s resort casinos – is going to start collecting data on problem gambling.
Alarmed by a sharp rise in opioid deaths last year in the third largest city in Massachusetts, officials have taken steps to try to lower the fatality rate.
Alarmed by a stunning increase in opioid fatalities last year, officials in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts are trying to come up with strategies to bring down the death rate.
Listen to the interview with Helen Caulton-Harris, the Commissioner of Health and Human Services for the city of Springfield, Massachusetts.
With a recent measles outbreak in the news and the on-going opioid addiction crisis, it is an opportune time to bring attention to public health resources.
A new government report underscores the challenge facing public health officials in Massachusetts as the opioid addiction crisis continues to grip the state.
