Vaccine rushed to Boston's homeless after a death
Boston health officials are vaccinating hundreds of homeless people against a severe bacterial infection that can kill within hours, after a homeless man died Monday from the disease.The victim was among three homeless men who recently came down with meningococcemia, which occurs when certain bacteria get into the bloodstream. The fatal case appears to be unrelated to the other two, which occurred in late January and involved a different strain of the bacteria, said Dr. Denise De Las Nueces, me..>> view original5 Investigates: Boston officer retires after internal affairs investigation
A veteran Boston police lieutenant has retired after he was a part of an internal affairs investigation looking into attendance issues, overtime and details worked. Boston Police tell 5 Investigates that Lt. Robert Dwan’s retirement was in lieu of criminal prosecution and he was required to pay restitution to the city of Boston.Sources told 5 Investigates’ Kathy Curran that Boston Police were looking into the hours and details Dwan worked as well as the overtime he earned.Records show that Dwa..>> view originalTo C's Chagrin, Rust Loomed Large in Salt Lake City
SALT LAKE CITY – Nine days had fallen off the calendar since the Boston Celtics last took the court for a basketball game. When they returned to action Friday night in Utah, it sure appeared as such. Boston struggled to find any sort of a rhythm during its return from a lengthy All-Star break. It fell 111-93 loss at the hands of the red-hot Jazz, who have now won eight of their last 10 games. The Celtics missed 51 shots on the night and shot just 37 percent from the field, their fifth-l..>> view originalNew Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel excited to handle pressure in ...
FORT MYERS — All over Red Sox camp, from Field 1, where main batting practice was taking place, to Field 4, where pitchers were performing defensive drills, players have questions to answer. There are few sure things on this team, despite all its talent and a $200 million payroll.Craig Kimbrel is one of those sure things.The newly acquired closer has 225 career saves and a 1.63 ERA, a number so low you’d have to go back to Hall of Famers Ed Walsh and Addie Joss in the early 1900s to find another..>> view originalWhite House selects Boston for mentoring program to reduce ...
The White House has selected Boston to be one of 10 urban school districts nationwide to take part in a new mentoring program to reduce the number of students who are chronically absent from school, education officials announced Friday.The program will start with four Boston schools: English High in Jamaica Plain, Burke High in Dorchester, Higginson-Lewis in Roxbury, and Perkins Elementary in South Boston. It builds upon a previously announced effort by Mayor Martin J. Walsh to bring in 1,000 m..>> view originalFollowing Report, Activists Still Calling For Removal Of Boston Latin ...
Following Report, Activists Still Calling For Removal Of Boston Latin School Headmaster February 19, 2016 Updated February 19, 2016, 5:00 pm The Boston Latin School. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) Updated February 19, 2016, 5:00 pm BOSTON Activists say they are disappointed with the results of an investigation into reports of racially charged incidents at Boston Latin School. The investigation looked at alleged incidents of racism over an 18 month period at the nation’s oldest public school..>> view originalDanny Ainge makes team better with waiting
SALT LAKE CITY — To fairly judge the Celtics’ execution at the trade deadline, we must first accept the unassailable fact that the club as presently constructed cannot compete for an NBA championship.That is not to say this isn’t a team of talented players with very good attitudes that is very entertaining and can hang with some of the best in the league on given regular-season nights. But not even the most optimistic Greenheart believes this roster is ready to play in June.Danny Ainge clearly d..>> view originalBoston police officer placed on leave amid corruption probe
A nine-year veteran of the Boston Police Department has been placed on leave pending the outcome of an anti-corruption investigation, authorities said Friday. Officer Eddie B. Odney, who was most recently assigned to District B-3 in Mattapan, was placed on paid administrative leave Friday, according to a department spokesman. Advertisement The spokesman, Officer James Kenneally, confirmed that federal investigators were involved in the probe and said he could not release additional details ..>> view originalNorth Korea escalates war of words in standoff with Seoul
PYONGYANG, North Korea — North Korea responded to an unusually harsh verbal attack by South Korea's president against the North's leader and its recent nuclear test and rocket launch with a characteristically colorful invective of its own Saturday, calling her policy traitorous and adding that Washington's newly enacted sanctions are "laughable."The North's official reaction — including the insult "senile granny" — was expected, though it took several days for Pyongyang to announce it through it..>> view originalNew tools to fight AIDS
What will it take to “end AIDS”? Over the last two decades, scientific advances in the fight against AIDS have been remarkable. Antiretroviral therapy has progressed to the point that treatment regimens that once called for the ingestion of dozens of pills, some of which had debilitating side effects, now consist of a well-tolerated pill taken once daily. Recent studies have also taught us that when individuals initiate treatment as soon as they are diagnosed with HIV, they are much less likely..>> view original
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