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Category: HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT

Cape Cod Reopening Task Force Highlights Ongoing Planning for COVID-19 Testing on Cape Cod this Summer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Frank Schulze, Communications Director June 18, 2020 Frank.Schulze@masenate.gov (CAPE COD) Today, the Cape Cod Reopening Task Force and regional health partners announced plans to increase access […]

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Cape Cod Reopening Task Force Unveils ReopeningCapeCod.org

Cape Cod Reopening Task Force Unveils ReopeningCapeCod.org Website to Provide Information to Public as Summer Season Begins FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE- May 29, 2020 Cape Cod – The Cape Cod Reopening […]

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Cape Cod salons, barbershops cut through new rules to reopen

The extra personal protective wear and required sanitation standards are just some of the precautions that hair salons and barbershops — along with their clients — have to take after […]

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A ‘soft opening’ for Cape Cod’s summer season

After months of stay-at-home advisories, tourists and locals alike may have been wary of venturing into potentially crowded streets amid the coronavirus, or high unemployment may have sapped the money […]

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Massachusetts Reopening Plan by Industry Sectors

Governor Charlie Baker announced the following industry sectors may open, with guidance, in Phase I on the following dates: May 18 – Travel: all travelers to MA urged to self-quarantine for […]

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Response Activities Continue in Barnstable County as  COVID-19 Cases Decline

BCREPC Media Release   Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee Media Release 011 – COVID-19   For Immediate Release Response Activities Continue in Barnstable County as  COVID-19 Cases Decline  BARNSTABLE (MA) May […]

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Answer The Call And Help Stop The Spread Of COVID-19

The MA COVID Team and local boards of health are working together on a contact tracing program to help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Massachusetts. Contact tracing is an […]

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Observational Study of Hydroxychloroquine in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19

In this observational study involving patients with Covid-19 who had been admitted to the hospital, hydroxychloroquine administration was not associated with either a greatly lowered or an increased risk of […]

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NIH mobilizes national innovation initiative for COVID-19 diagnostics

The National Institutes of Health announced a new initiative aimed at speeding innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies, a pivotal component needed to return to normal during this […]

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