The Massachusetts congressional delegation on Friday urged Trump administration officials to resume processing visas for foreign-born medical school students and health care workers as hospitals brace for a surge in coronavirus patients.
As part of his travel-related coronavirus restrictions, President Trump last week suspended all routine visa services around the world, a move that… Read more »
NORTHAMPTON — Nowadays, when Kurt Bahneman enters a patient’s room to start his day as a respiratory therapist at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, he said he writes his name on a mask and prays it will be enough. It is the only mask he can use all day long.
“We typically change masks with every patient encounter,” he said. But these are not typical times, and amid the… Read more »
Schools are closed, but in many districts free meals are still available to children.
Celenia Cola, a 2nd-grader at Lincoln Elementary School in Springfield, came bounding down the front steps of the school Thursday at noon carrying her favorite lunch in a brown bag.
"A sandwich like I always do," said Cola. "Turkey!"
While the 300 students who normally attend the school in… Read more »
Springfield schools feed 30,000 children breakfast and lunch every day, but only a fraction of those students are stopping at designated sites offering meals to students while classes remain closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.
“We have 14 sites spread out across the city and and have served about 825 families so far this week, although we expect that to increase,”… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD — Stimulus checks from the federal government meant to head off long-term financial fallout from the coronavirus epidemic should go to people who make $50,000 a year or less, U.S. Rep.Richard E. Neal, D-Springfield, said Wednesday.
The idea, Neal said, is not just to help out the most needy. It’s also to put money into the hands of people most likely to spend it… Read more »
NORTHAMPTON — In a telephone town hall Wednesday with President and CEO Mark Keroack of Baystate Health on the novel coronavirus, U.S. Rep. Richard Neal spoke about getting financial help to Americans while Keroack, a medical doctor with an infectious disease specialty, addressed aspects of the virus itself.
“As your representative in Washington I take this moment very… Read more »
(WWLP) – More than 7,000 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the United States as of Wednesday.
In Massachusetts, 256 cases have been confirmed statewide and over 20 patients were hospitalized. Congressman Richard Neal visited our 22News studio in Chicopee to discuss what’s being done to protect citizens across the… Read more »
SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Residents in western Massachusetts got a chance to share their coronavirus concerns with Congressman Richard Neal and Dr. Mark Keroack, the CEO of Baystate Medical Center today.
The two opened the phone lines for people to call in.
Western Mass News also took part in that phone conference on what is on the minds of residents and the questions ranged from… Read more »
Days after Gov. Charlie Baker submitted economic relief loans through the Small Business Administration, the Massachusetts congressional delegation sent a letter to the agency on Wednesday backing his call for emergency assistance as result of the coronavirus.
Both U.S. senators and all nine U.S. representatives signed the letter to the Small Business Administration that could provide… Read more »
Congressional Democrats unveiled a measure for a legislative stimulus package aimed at mitigating the economic damage stemming from the coronavirus.
The House legislation, which was released shortly after 11 p.m. on Wednesday, provides short-term benefits including expanded unemployment reimbursement for states, additional funding for food security for low-income children and federally… Read more »
