BBJ Health Care Reporter

What if I had covid, I thought? I took a rapid test. "Negative," it said. But it was wrong: bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

@gintautasd Baby carriers will give you back two hands!

before committing I should've realized tapping out a story one-handed while holding a baby in the other is something that's going to take a while

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. conta.cc/3lRYBw4

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

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 - nytimes.com/2021/12/26/us/…

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. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20… via @BOSBIZJess

Good, clear summary from @NPR Omicron may be less severe in South Africa. That may not be the case for the U.S. npr.org/sections/goats…

BREAKING NEWS @Oracle to buy @Cerner for $28.3 Billion modernhealthcare.com/information-te…

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 bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

Court reinstates OSHA mandate-or-testing rule for large employers. Here's what businesses need to know. bizjournals.com/bizjournals/ne… via @bizjournals

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

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.

@davharris Thank you?

"Your dog looks like a person dressed up as a dog," a woman yelled to me on the street today.

“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: bizj.us/1qd8u7

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. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…

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

Congrats to the BBJ newsroom, which just spent 10 minutes figuring out what number, after a 38% decrease, is 65.

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?

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.

Baker just signed the ARPA bill, sending $400M to mental health issues, and finalizing "record-setting" amounts of funding to grapple with the crisis. bizjournals.com/boston/news/20…