The Biden administration has new plans to reduce the amount of PFAS — or “forever chemicals” — in America’s drinking water.

@wbur's Barbara Moran (@MoranWriter) explains.
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“Worse than anything that we have ever seen before.”

Mass. sees an uptick in immigrant families seeking asylum. Many are showing up in ERs with serious medical needs

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New data: MA did not have more deaths than in normal times this spring.
That’s good COVID news…but “the future is completely unknown” Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) warns. wbur.fm/3POifWe

Short staffing is 'absolutely issue number one.' That's according to the chief economist ADA. What's the Massachusetts Dental Society planning to do about it? Find out here: wbur.fm/3PQ3XEc

Scientists are making progress on Lyme disease: 'I'm hopeful that we will have a medicine in the next two years to prevent what is a very significant public health problem in the United States.' wbur.fm/3A1OgEm via WBUR

One in three women have #BacterialVaginosis . It is linked to serious health consequences. And yet, for many, medicine has no good treatments.

But now there is new hope: vaginal fluid transplants tinyurl.com/h45ru5ry

Green crabs are taking over New England shores. 'If we weren't catching them right now .. they'd be walking the streets, they'd be coming up the driveway' says one fisherman. Some say we should be drinking them.

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Nine members of the 11-person Massachusetts delegation are calling on the federal government to step up their response to monkeypox. They want to see “aggressive action” as soon as this week. wbur.fm/3ve3tAi

What are your top picks for health and science books and podcasts this summer? Tell us your favorites so we can share on WBUR!

Reenactors gathered this morning to mark the start of the Revolutionary War.

These Lincoln Minute Men are marching toward the North Bridge in Concord - where, in 1775, colonists were ordered to fire on the British for the first time. 'The shot heard 'round the world.' WBUR

Did you know that when pregnant your immune system changes each trimester?
Everything you need to know about pregnancy and COVID and vaccines....here's a fascinating conversation with Andrea Edlow of MGH: wbur.fm/3JCDE1O

For some parents of younger children, the wait for a COVID vaccine has felt far too long...and they're ready to put down a false birthday to get their kids the shot. Here doctors weigh in and think through the science WBUR wbur.org/news/2022/02/1…

I am a reporter at @wbur and working on a story about COVID patients who are seeking treatment that is in very limited supply.

Paxlovid...Monoclonal antibody treatment...etc.

If you got it or you didn’t – I’d love to chat.

It's live a day early. Every residential address can get 4 free at-home COVID tests with one click of a button covidtests.gov

Remarkably little is known about preterm birth.

“Pregnant people have been left behind. They have been orphaned'

“We are worse than any other field of medicine, and yet we’re left alone to flounder”

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A huge thank you to Laura Colarusso for all her help

Here's something any parent or teacher can do to make their daycare/classroom safer.

I was excited to learn about and report on this DIY Air Filter...bit.ly/3gbNDim

Noisy. Heavy. Expensive. Uncomfortable. Inconvenient. But now, with help from moms, a hackathon, and some entrepreneurial spirit, there might be a new day for a better breast pump, reports Gabrielle Emanuel: to.wgbh.org/6010DSkBe

Amended Airbnb / Short-term rental regulation PASSES #BosCouncil 11-2. No votes: CM Baker and Ciommo. Supporters clap cc @wgbhnews Peter Kadzis

As verdict is read, Barry Cadden is sitting looking straight ahead showing almost no emotion

On all 25 counts of second degree murder, Cadden was found not guilty.