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Returning to Maple Ave In Cambridge, Less Fear But Lots of Trepidation As Pandemic Rages On

October 21, 2020

Seven months ago, I walked up and down my block in Cambridge to find out how my neighbors were faring weeks into the lockdown ordered by Gov. Charlie Baker. Few people were wearing masks, but even fewer people were on the streets at that time. Quite a bit has changed on Maple Avenue since March.…

‘I Felt Like I Was Poisoned’; Toxic Cyanobacteria Blooms Imperil Region’s Ponds

October 19, 2020

In early August, carpenter Michael Forgione told his mother that he was heading out to go crabbing in the brackish waters of Chilmark Pond on Martha’s Vineyard. Carol Forgione, a 72-year-old nurse practitioner, wished him a good catch. “This is the pond,” she said on a recent visit. “This is the entrance that he went…

For People Who Are Deaf Or Hard-Of-Hearing, Masks Can Be A Barrier To Communicating

October 16, 2020

When Dean Martin of Ware, Mass., was hospitalized with COVID-19 in April, the experience was even more isolating for him than it is for many other patients. Martin is deaf, and it was hard for him to understand the medical staff. “The doctor would come up to me in multiple layers of masks and coverings…

Salem Still Casts A Spell Over Halloween Tourists, Despite Pandemic

October 13, 2020

As usual during the Halloween season, crowds stood shoulder-to-shoulder in downtown Salem, Mass., last weekend. But during a pandemic, it’s not a welcome sight. “I’ve been in destination marketing for a really long time, and this is the first time I’ve ever said to people: Maybe you shouldn’t come this year,” said Kate Fox, executive…

Addressing The Toll Of Racism On New Englanders’ Mental Health

October 1, 2020

Racism is trauma. But racism’s impact on mental health can be hard to talk about. In this third episode of a special radio series on “Racism In New England,” we hear about the stressors to mental health in the region and ways to get relief.

Teaching Doctors In Training To Connect Climate Change And Health Care

September 25, 2020

It was low tide on the North Shore of Boston when Steve Kearns felt the mosquito bite that would land him in a hospital with West Nile Virus disease for a week. “For at least six months after that, I felt like every five minutes I was being run over by a truck,” Kearns says. …

How Segregation Persists In ‘Progressive’ New England

September 24, 2020

Despite New England’s progressive reputation, residential segregation still exists in communities throughout the region. In this second episode of a special radio series on “Racism In New England,” we look at how housing laws and discrimination influence where we live — from the predominantly white states of northern New England to cities and suburbs in…

A First Day Of School Like No Other — Some Schools In Northern Maine Resume Classes

August 16, 2020

While most schools in Maine are still putting the finishing touches on reopening plans for September, a few communities in northern Maine that have to schedule a break for the potato harvest have already reopened this week. As part of Maine Public’s series, Deep Dive: Coronavirus, Robbie Feinberg visited one of those districts in Aroostook…

As Schools Reopen, Teachers Weigh Their Career vs. Health

July 31, 2020

School districts are facing a lot of unknowns. One of the biggest questions is whether teachers with health concerns have to return to school or if they can work remotely. NHPR’s Sarah Gibson caught up with three teachers in the midst of figuring out how their districts will accommodate them, and whether that will be…

‘It’s Happening To All Of Us’: The Way Black Women Are Policed Is A Health Issue

July 29, 2020

It’s been more than four months since Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her home by Louisville Metro Police as they executed a no-knock search warrant. She was a 26-year-old Black woman who worked as an emergency medical technician and aspired to become a nurse. And while rallies, protests and much of the media…

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