Legislation
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News
2023-08-21 Spotlight: How Nursing Homes Failed to Protect Residents from Covid
By Paula Span, New York Times (free access), August 19, 2023The first terrifying wave of Covid-19 caused 60,000 deaths among ...
DPH Proposed Regulations Eliminating COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for Personnel
(Scroll down to read DignityMA testimony for this proposal.) The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has issued proposed amendments to ...
Open Letter from DignityMA regarding Masking, Patient Safety, and Trust
The following two letters were sent to Health System Leaders in Massachusetts, on the occasion of suspending masking requirements and ...
2023-05-01 Spotlight: Comm. v. Clinton – MA Supreme Court re: Holyoke Soldiers’ Home
SJC reinstates criminal charges against managers of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, where 76 died early in pandemicBoston Globe, April 27, 2023By ...
2023-03-20 Spotlight: Everyone in a nursing home deserves a single room
The government should require that owners give residents private space — or it should take over the facilities and replace ...
Equity must be driving force of ongoing Mass. public health policy
Letter to the Boston Globe, February 14, 2023, by Dr. Lara Jirmanus, Carlene Pavlos and Paul Lanzikos Regarding “The White ...