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Medical professionals warn of COVID-19 surge during holiday season

November 22, 2023 – MassLive

Link: https://www.masslive.com/news/2023/11/medical-professionals-warn-of-covid-19-surge-during-holiday-season.html

Health equity group pushes hospitals to reinstate masking amid holiday season

November 22, 2023 – Boston Business Journal

Link: https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2023/11/20/massachusetts-coalition-for-health-equity-covid.html

Boston-area COVID wastewater rises ahead of Thanksgiving, free at-home test kits available

November 21, 2023 – Boston Herald

Link: https://www.bostonherald.com/2023/11/20/boston-area-covid-wastewater-rises-ahead-of-thanksgiving-free-at-home-test-kits-available/

Health care coalition demands hospitals bring back masks, take precautions amid fears of COVID surge

November 21, 2023 – Greenfield Recorder

Link: https://www.recorder.com/Health-care-coalition-demands-hospitals-bring-back-masks-take-precautions-amid-fears-of-COVID-surge-53102985

As holidays approach, advocates call for a return to universal masking in health care settings

November 20, 2023 – The Boston Globe

Link: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/11/20/metro/doctors-masks-hospitals-covid/

COVID-19 is still here. Masks in healthcare settings should be too.

June 22, 2023 – MassLive

Link: https://www.masslive.com/opinion/2023/06/covid-19-is-still-here-masks-in-healthcare-settings-should-be-too-commentary.html

Resume universal masking in health care settings to safeguard against Covid-19

June 20, 2023 – Daily Hampshire Gazette

Link: https://www.gazettenet.com/Guest-columnist-Alpern-51357973