The Republican Candidate for the U.S. Senate, Scott Brown, hopes to complete his efforts in rebranding himself by winning the Republican nomination and running against Jeanne Shaheen in November. The former Massachusetts U.S. Senator has to face the three-way primary with Jim Rubens, the former state Senator, who has already won the support of a new super-PAC meant to reduce the role of money in … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Strikes Down Massachusetts Abortion Clinic Speech Buffer Zone
The Supreme Court reached a seminal decision for the life v. choice debate on Thursday, when it annulled a Massachusetts law against speech around abortion facilities. According to the law in question, speech was prohibited within a ‘buffer zone’ around such clinics, stretching out for 35 feet from the clinics’ doors. The buffer zones would extend into public areas, such as sidewalks and streets. … [Read more...]
Measles back again in US, experts call for vaccination
Measles are back again in America with two highly contagious cases popping up in the Bay State from Trader Joe’s and a sushi bar in Framingham. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of about 60 people in the United States contract measles every year. These people are mostly exposed to the disease in other countries who then travel here. The disease was … [Read more...]
Massachusetts issues health alert for measles
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Monday issued a public health alert after it confirmed two cases of highly contagious measles in the suburbs west of Boston. Framingham officials issued the health alert warning residents that they may have been exposed to the disease if they shopped at the Trader Joe’s on Route 9 in Framingham on February 15 or 16. Meanwhile, the … [Read more...]
