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The Boston Symphony Orchestra opens its final season with music director Andris Nelsons tonight. It comes amid a grassroots "Red Flower" protest campaign among musicians and audience members to show support for Nelsons. (Highly recommend listening to this Here & Now segment on the six-month controversy if you're just catching up.) But first, let's get to the news: Worth a shot: As respiratory virus season approaches, the city of Boston is hosting a series of free flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinics over the next several weeks. But who really needs to get the vaccines this year? With federal guidance in limbo, WBUR's Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing talked to Dr. Ashish Jha , a Harvard University fellow and former COVID-19 response coordinator for the Biden administration, about what he's been telling his family members. - Who should get the COVID vaccine? Everyone with high-risk factors. For example, Jha says his elderly parents will "absolutely" be getting a COVID vaccine. But for a healthy middle-aged person like himself or his younger kids? He doesn't think it's necessary. "I'm in my 50s. I think I probably will get a COVID vaccine, but it's a bit of a dealer's choice," he said. "My kids who are in their teens and twenties ... they have actually in the last couple years opted out, and I think I'm fine with that." (See the American Academy of Pediatrics' vaccination schedule recommendations for children under 18 here.)
- Who should get the flu vaccine? Basically everyone. "Every single person in my family gets a flu vaccine every year," Jha said, noting "we still have young people dying of flu." "We had almost 300 children die of flu this past year. Almost all of them were unvaccinated," he continued.
- Know before you go: No appointment, insurance or ID is required for Boston's vaccine clinics (though officials ask anyone with health insurance to bring their card). You can check the schedule and register here.
In other health news: An estimated 310,000 MassHealth members will be affected when new federal work and education requirements for state Medicaid programs kick in this coming January. That estimate, released yesterday by state officials, is about 50,000 fewer than what they previously estimated this summer, as State House News Service reports. - What changed? MassHealth officials said yesterday that people with state or federal disability will be exempt from those new requirements — and they're looking for other ways to exempt as many others as possible.
Next school Wonderland: The path to Revere's new high school just got a little bit clearer. The city announced yesterday it has settled a lawsuit over its move in 2022 to seize the former Wonderland greyhound racing track to be the site of its new $500 million high school. As part of the deal, the city will pay the property's owners $16.5 million, in addition to the $29 million initial payment. (It's still a fraction of the $117 million the property owners had sued for.) - The timeline: Revere broke ground on the new school — said to be the biggest public school project in Massachusetts — just over a year ago. The city is aiming to finish construction sometime in 2028.
The latest: New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft says he and Ed Sheeran will each donate $2 million to aid in the Israel-Palestine "region." The commitment came after Macklemore — who Kraft pushed off Sheeran's tour after recent comments in support of Palestinians — announced he was donating his $1 million in his net earnings from the tour to six organizations helping Palestinians and challenged Kraft to match him. P.S.— National Book Award winner Elizabeth Acevedo is at CitySpace tonight to discuss her new novel, the coming-of-age story “Anger Is Only a Shadow.” There'll also be a book signing after the discussion. Get your tickets here. |
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Mayor Michelle Wu told local business leaders Wednesday that building Boston's economy starts with building more housing and giving people more reasons to go out. She also announced a new chief of economic development for the city. Read more. |
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Waterfront homes are collapsing along the coast. Homeowners generally have plenty of warning before their house buckles. So why aren't most houses removed, or at least emptied, before they fall? Read more. |
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On Wednesday, the Senate committee on health held a confirmation hearing for three top health officials, including surgeon general. Dr. Nicole Saphier is President Trump's third attempt to nominate a surgeon general. Read more. |
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The European Union backs Canada's bid to become the bloc's first "associate member," as Brussels seeks closer ties with Ottawa and Trump calls the idea "laughable." Read more. |
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The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday to combat stubborn inflation. That will make it more expensive to borrow money to buy a car or carry a balance on a credit card. Read more. |
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- Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Annie Dillard died this week at her Cape Cod home at the age of 81. NPR looks back at how her work was characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature.
- Paris may have The Louvre — but Somerville has The Loov. The creative studio hosts an unpredictable list of programming, from nude figure drawing to salsa dancing to improv comedy to yoga. As founder David London told WBUR, the idea is that "it's going to be lit or terrible, but it's not going to be boring."
- In response to tech leaders' recent warnings about the speed at which AI is progressing, Joanna Weiss makes an appeal to the bots — from a human perspective — in this Cognoscenti commentary.
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- This is a story about a filthy forever puddle in Chinatown. It is also about so much more. (The Boston Globe)
- Trump Administration Moves to Gut a Core Endangered Species Protection (The New York Times)
- The Dominican Baseball Factory (ProPublica)
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A small but growing number of public libraries across Massachusetts are reaching residents by bringing books directly to readers in a truck. These mobile libraries — known as bookmobiles — are attempting to bridge accessibility needs for library patrons who can't easily go to a branch. Read more. |
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