BBJ Health Care Reporter

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What if I had covid, I thought? I took a rapid test. "Negative," it said. But it was wrong: https://t.co/W21RjlU1aZ

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@gintautasd Baby carriers will give you back two hands!

[Nick Puleo @BostonCommsGuy]

The @HBSAB webinar "Defend Your Reputation: What Can Brands Do in the Age of Misinformation?" is coming soon. Join myself, @BOSBIZJess, @ellenberlin, and @BradleyHonan for this informative session & get armed with tools to protect your brand. https://t.co/mbOfS30Ruj

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Someone sent me an email with the subject line "SOB"
— about a statement of benefits. Not gonna lie, wasn't the first thing I thought it stood for when I opened it #healthcarereporterproblems

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This isn't me tearing up over this kid who saved the lives of two people in one day months after his father died of covid - https://t.co/1UjshXTF1n

[Doug Banks @eDougBanks]

NEW: Gov. Baker has ordered hospitals to shut down all elective inpatient procedures and will deploy Massachusetts National Guard members to help the Covid-19 surge, in an effort to help an “unprecedented demand” on the state’s hospitals.

https://t.co/D5aGgKZl3Y via @BOSBIZJess

[Dr. Tom Frieden @DrTomFrieden]

Good, clear summary from @NPR

Omicron may be less severe in South Africa. That may not be the case for the U.S. https://t.co/QNCE6DdhZb

[Brian Ahier @ahier]

BREAKING NEWS @Oracle to buy @Cerner for $28.3 Billion

https://t.co/ukOJe4EAH2

[Greg Ryan @bosbizgregryan]

BREAKING: Boston mandates vaccines to eat inside restaurants, exercise in gyms, visit sports/music venues. Cambridge, Brookline, other cities/towns plan to adopt similar policies. #bospoli #mapoli https://t.co/T983MX9NPu

[Don Seiffert: @donseiffert.bsky.social @SeiffertDon]

Court reinstates OSHA mandate-or-testing rule for large employers. Here's what businesses need to know. https://t.co/DwmoOEf9Gl via @bizjournals

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BREAKING: Nearly 700 nurses at Saint Vincent end strike as the sides reach tentative agreement. Ultimately Labor Sec. Marty Walsh had to get involved. Story to publish soon

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Please, for the love of grammar, stop putting two spaces after a period in your press releases. This is not 1956. We aren't using typewriters. It looks like you're trying to cheat the page count on your school essay.

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@davharris Thank you?

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“I started my medical career in the army. Triage was one of the first things you learned. On the battlefield you have to pick who you have a high probability of saving … We’re not far from that.”
Hospitals are in crisis. Read my story: https://t.co/uASRvTLoUW

[Don Seiffert: @donseiffert.bsky.social @SeiffertDon]

EXCLUSIVE cover story by @BosBizRowan & @BosBizCatherine: Boston is seeing a boom in lab development. But lab buildings are some of the worst producers of greenhouse gasses, which could complicate the city's efforts to rein in building emissions. https://t.co/3RHry8WER9

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@BosBizDon What @BosBizDon failed to disclose is that my dad is the one who ultimately solved it 😂😅

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Also interesting under Baker's amendment, the point person of the trust would be Health and Human Services and not Department of Public Health. What does that say about how he views DPH?

[BBJ Health Care Reporter @BOSBIZHealth]

Baker just signed the ARPA bill, sending $400M to mental health issues, and finalizing "record-setting" amounts of funding to grapple with the crisis. https://t.co/PfnOzrxn08

[BBJ Health Care Reporter @BOSBIZHealth]

One important point: Baker returned to the Legislature an amendment on how half ($198M) of that funding would be appropriated. Initially a commission would study it and Legislature would decide. Under Baker's amendment, HHS Sec Sudders would have control of the cash.