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As the COVID PHE Ends, Here's What Doctors Are Carrying Forward

Medpage Today

Sabrina A. Assoumou

May 11, 2023

Massachusetts' COVID Emergency Ends Thursday: What It Means for You

Boston 10

Sabrina A. Assoumou

May 8, 2023

Boston area wastewater numbers continue downward trend

The Boston Globe

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Apr. 21, 2023

‘A Much Better Place': Top Boston Doctors Explain Mass. COVID Rates, Wastewater Data

Boston 10

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Apr. 11, 2023

Advocates cheer OTC approval for Narcan, but questions remain about price and insurance

The Boston Globe

Alexander Walley

Mar. 29, 2023

Stomach Bug? It Could Be Norovirus

AARP

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Mar. 23, 2023

Three years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, how cautious are the experts?

Boston.com

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Mar. 21, 2023

NOVIDS: Do Some Have the Genes to Dodge COVID?

WebMD

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Mar. 16, 2023

Mass. is winding down its remaining free COVID test sites this month

WBUR

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Mar. 6, 2023

Discover Black Heritage: Health Care Q&A

Boston 10

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Feb. 28, 2023

Boston Doctors Explain What to Know as Norovirus Cases Spread in Mass.

Boston 10

Benjamin P. Linas

Feb. 14, 2023

Boston doctors answer listener questions about COVID

WBUR

Benjamin P. Linas

Jan. 24, 2023

Boston Doctors ‘Looking Forward' to Seeing Gov. Healey's COVID Response Plans

Boston 10

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Jan. 12, 2023

N95 and KN95 masks are your best mask option—here’s where to buy them online

USA Today

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Jan. 6, 2023

The medical system has failed Black Americans for centuries. Could reparations be the answer?

Vox

Avik Chatterjee

Dec. 30, 2022

Mass. among several states seeing ‘very high’ flu levels

Boston.com

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Dec. 15, 2022

Some Thanksgiving travelers heading to high-flu states

Yahoo News

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Nov. 14, 2022

As New COVID Variants Continue to Spread, Boston Doctors Wonder, ‘What's the Plan?'

Boston 10

Benjamin P. Linas

Nov. 1, 2022

State officials will scale back the frequency of COVID data reporting to one day a week

The Boston Globe

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Jul. 8, 2022

Keep a sharp eye out for COVID-19 symptoms now that Fourth gatherings have passed, experts say

The Boston Globe

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Jul. 5, 2022

This Summer Looks ‘More Challenging' Than Last, Boston COVID Experts Say

Boston 10

Benjamin P. Linas

Jun. 29, 2022

Ask The Docs: the COVID emergency ends, and a new RSV vaccine in the works

WBUR

Sabrina A. Assoumou

May 11, 2023

‘I try not to let it scare me:’ COVID-19 emergency to end, but anxiety lingers

The Boston Globe

Sabrina A. Assoumou

May 6, 2023

Getting Anti-Addiction Meds to Prisoners Can Cut Overdose Deaths

US News and World Report

Avik Chatterjee

Apr. 18, 2023

Why I Became a Doctor: For National Doctors Day, BU faculty shared what inspired them to pursue a career in medicine

BU Today

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Apr. 3, 2023

Can Over-the-Counter Narcan Put an End to Opioid Deaths?

The Daily Beast

Alexander Walley

Mar. 28, 2023

Is Bird Flu a Risk to Humans?

AARP

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Mar. 21, 2023

Three years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, how cautious are the experts?

The Boston Globe

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Mar. 20, 2023

Massachusetts to close free COVID testing sites, citing declining demand

WBUR

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Mar. 7, 2023

Discover Black Heritage: Top Boston Doctors Explain Health Care Disparities

Boston 10

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Mar. 1, 2023

The X-waiver for buprenorphine prescribing is gone. It’s time to spread the word

STAT News

Benjamin P. Linas

Feb. 14, 2023

US to Stop Offering Free COVID Vaccines This Fall: What it Means For Mass.

Boston 10

Benjamin P. Linas

Feb. 7, 2023

COVID shots could be recommended yearly

KNX News

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Jan. 24, 2023

How COVID Subvariant XBB.1.5 Got Called ‘the Kraken' — and Is That Fearmongering?

Boston 10

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Jan. 10, 2023

LOCAL NEWS
Rising COVID cases, along with flu, RSV have parents searching for cold medicines

CBS News Boston

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Jan. 6, 2023

A new HIV treatment shot is given only twice a year. It could be a 'game changer.'

USA Today

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Dec. 30, 2022

Boston Parents Seek Return of Masks, COVID Testing Amid Increase in School Absences

Boston 10

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Dec. 14, 2022

Will COVID surge in Greater Boston this winter? We asked the experts.

Boston.com

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Nov. 8, 2022

Why a 'near peer' could be the best type of mentor

The Boston Globe

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Oct. 28, 2022

Mass. switching from daily to weekly COVID-19 data reports

Boston.com

Sabrina A. Assoumou

Jul. 8, 2022

BA.4, BA.5 Subvariants Now the Dominant COVID Strains in New England

Boston 10

Benjamin P. Linas

Jul. 5, 2022

New COVID Subvariants Now Make Up Almost Half of New England's Cases. Should We Be Worried?

Boston 10

Benjamin P. Linas

Jun. 28, 2022

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