public health

From the top floor of 1010 Massachusetts Ave., where she heads the Boston Public Health Commission, Dr. Bisola Ojikutu is a long way from the South Side of Chicago, where she grew up surrounded by a distrust of the medical system.

When local community activists approached Gordon Thompson to supply masks to local communities, the CEO of the medical supply company Westnet didn’t hesitate.

Massachusetts has the third highest number of COVID-19 cases in the United States and Boston is at the epicenter of the state’s pandemic. As chief of Health and Human Services, Marty Martinez is the point man for the Boston’s response to COVID-19. The Banner caught up with Martinez last week to discuss his perspective on the pandemic.

The Massachusetts Public Health Association will honor Thea James at their 17th Annual Spring Award Breakfast on June 7, 2019.

Juul is the most popular e-cigarette brand in the U.S. today and currently holds a market share worth over 70 percent, according to the Winston-Salem Journal.

Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center (HSNHC) has selected Kathy K. Best as their chief performance and strategy officer. HSNHC is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides quality, comprehensive patient-centered medical care and has been serving the community for 49 years.

The Boston PublicHealth Commission (BPHC) last week announced that the first case of West Nile Virus has been confirmed in a Boston resident this year. The patient, in her 50s, was hospitalized and has since been discharged home. Although mosquito pools throughout the City have tested positive for West Nile Virus, it is not known whether this patient acquired the infection in Boston. The investigation is ongoing.

Before the Boston Bengals’ new season starts, Coach Domingos DaRosa must regularly clear Roxbury’s Clifford Playground of the piles of discarded needles left behind by drug users camped out on the grass.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh has appointed Dr. Jennifer Lo as the Boston Public Health Commission's new medical director.​