Heang Leung Rubin, lead researcher of the report, said that one reason why interview subjects chose to gamble was due to a feeling that comes from social and cultural isolation: a very profound kind of boredom.
Updated information on COVID-19 booster shot availability has been released by the Baker-Polito administration in accordance with Center of Disease Control (CDC) guidelines. Now, all three vaccines (Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson) have available boosters being administered to qualifying residents throughout Massachusetts. The Moderna booster is available to residents who are 65 or older at least six months after their second Moderna shot. Following the same timeline, the booster can also be received by those who are 18 or […]
Asian Women for Health (AWFH), a community-based network for the wellbeing of Asian women, will be hosting its 9th annual CelebrAsians Survivor Fashion Benefit on Saturday, November 13 from 6 – 7:30 PM. The benefit, titled “From Resilience to Radiance,” after AWFH’s podcast, will be held virtually for the second year in a row. Featured garments will include shoes and sportswear from ASICS, with all funds from the event going toward breast and cervical cancer support and programs, as well […]
Community hospital Tufts Medical Center is celebrating its 225th anniversary this year. Founded in 1796, Tufts has been a cornerstone of public healthcare for local, lower income families since its conception. In a time before what we know as “organized medicine”, during which healthcare was only readily available to wealthier families through private doctors, Tufts, still known as the Boston Dispensary at the time, was formed to make healthcare more accessible by providing medicine and supplies to doctors making housecalls. […]
The YMCA of Greater Boston will be hosting a fitness and community building event from October 16 to October 24. The event, dubbed Together We Move, will include 20 activities for participants to reconnect with both their physical wellness goals, as well as each other. Among the activities are various in-person 5K races across towns and neighborhoods, mini triathlons, yoga, and virtual 5K races. The final in-person race will take place on Sunday October 24, with registration open until Friday […]
Since the start of the COVID-19 Pandemic over a year ago, individuals and organizations alike have been concerned about an ongoing problem: reactive violence toward the Asian American community. While many have advocated for Asian and Asian American safety through advertising campaigns, local events, and city politics, one industry in particular has taken to this tumultuous time as a unique marketing opportunity – the firearms industry. With the ever growing population of Asian Americans, gun lobbyists have shifted their sights […]
Since 2012, the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has awarded $7.2 million to 138 new clean technology enterprises and research teams. In late August of 2021, the MassCEC, MassVentures and the InnovateMass program launched a $2.6 million grant package with their Catalyst and Diversity in Cleantech – Early Stages (DICES) programs to support clean energy innovation, specifically from women or minority-owned startups. The programs aim to ensure that early-stage ventures have the necessary resources to advance critical technologies toward sustainable, […]
With the Delta variant of COVID-19 on the rise in Massachusetts, Boston and the surrounding areas are all updating their face mask requirements. Masks are to be worn in public indoor spaces and municipal buildings, as well as in some private spaces where people from varying households can gather. In schools, Education Commissioner Jeff Riley was given the greenlight to reinstate the mask requirement for K-12 schools through October 1. Masks are still required on public transportation, in MBTA stations, […]
On July 25, officials in Provincetown held an emergency meeting to escalate the Town’s COVID-19 public health advisory to a public health mandate. This mandate requires all workers and customers to wear face coverings in indoor public spaces, except when doing so is not possible due to a medical condition or disability. The initial advisory was issued in response to an increase in positive COVID-19 cases linked back to Provincetown after the July 4 weekend. The advisory notes that 132 […]
Within two years of the establishment of Boston’s Chinatown, there was a Chinese herbal doctor in the community. In the early newspapers, the importance of such herbalists was very evident, and they’re still vital in Chinatown today. One of the first detailed references to a Chinese herbalist, who wasn’t named, was in the Boston Post, April 26, 1896. The writer sought treatment for a severe cold in his chest and the herbalist felt his pulse. He then wrote a prescription which […]
