Winthrop is a town in Suffolk County,Massachusetts,United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. Winthrop is an ocean-side suburban community in Greater Boston situated at the north entrance to Boston Harbor,close to Logan International Airport. It is located on a peninsula,1.6 square miles (4.2 km2) in area,connected to Revere by a narrow isthmus and to multiple portions of Boston by a bridge over the harbor inlet to the Belle Isle Marsh Reservation in the Neighborhood of East Boston,a shared border at the Boston Logan International Airport,and at Deer Island.
Duxbury is a historic seaside town in Plymouth County,Massachusetts,United States. A suburb located on the South Shore approximately 35 miles (56 km) to the southeast of Boston,the population was 16,090 at the 2020 census.
Michael Everett Capuano is an American politician and attorney who served as a U.S. Representative of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2019. A Democrat,his district included the northern three-fourths of Boston,as well as parts of Cambridge,his hometown of Somerville,and other communities immediately north and south of Boston. Prior to being elected to Congress,he served as an Alderman and Mayor of Somerville.
Dorchester is a neighborhood comprising more than 6 square miles (16 km2) in the City of Boston,Massachusetts,United States. Originally,Dorchester was a separate town,founded by Puritans who emigrated in 1630 from Dorchester,Dorset,England,to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. This dissolved municipality,Boston's largest neighborhood by far,is often divided by city planners in order to create two planning areas roughly equivalent in size and population to other Boston neighborhoods.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy was the youngest child of United States President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. His elder siblings were Caroline,John Jr.,and Arabella.
Walsh University is a private Roman Catholic university in North Canton,Ohio,United States. Founded in 1960 by the Brothers of Christian Instruction as a liberal arts college,it enrolls approximately 2,100 students as of 2023. The university offers more than 70 undergraduate majors and seven graduate programs,as well as multiple global learning experiences.
Howard Kyongju Koh is the former United States Assistant Secretary for Health for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),after being nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2009.
Steven A. Schroeder is Distinguished Professor of Health and Health Care at the University of California,San Francisco (UCSF),where he also heads the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center. He served as the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation from 1990 to 2002. Schroeder is known for his work in promoting smoking cessation strategies.
Charles Duane Baker Jr. is an American politician who is the current president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 72nd governor of Massachusetts from 2015 to 2023,and held two cabinet positions under two previous governors of Massachusetts. He also served for ten years as the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.
This article is a timeline of the history of the city of Boston,Massachusetts,US.
James T. Brett is an American former politician who is the current president and CEO of The New England Council. From 1981 until 1996,Brett was a Democratic Party member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
Mercy Medical Center is located in Springfield,Massachusetts. Founded by the Sisters of Providence Health System,Mercy Hospital is a faith-based,non-profit organization serving patients regardless of background or beliefs. Mercy Medical Center is known for its tradition of holistic health care.
Laurie Hollis Glimcher is an American physician-scientist and former President and CEO of Dana–Farber Cancer Institute. She was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019. Glimcher has been at the center of controversies related to animal rights activists,excessive corporate payments,and research misconduct. A 2021 investigation by the Boston Globe Spotlight team highlighted Glimcher’s activities on multiple corporate boards,including Bristol Myers Squibb,GlaxoSmithKline,and Analog Devices. After this investigation,Glimcher continued to receive compensation on for-profit boards,while doubling her salary to $4 million per year at Dana-Farber. In October 2024,Glimcher stepped down as President and CEO of Dana-Farber.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing First Suffolk District. Collins serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight and the Senate Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. Additionally,he serves a member of the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading,and a member on the Joint Committee's on Bonding,Capital Expenditures and State Assets;Mental Health,Substance Use and Recovery;and Public Service. He is a Boston resident and a Democrat. Elected into the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010,he served four terms in the House representing the 4th Suffolk District.
Martin Joseph Walsh is an American politician and trade union official who served as the mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 and as the 29th United States Secretary of Labor from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Walsh resigned from his position as the US Secretary of Labor in March 2023 in order to accept a position as executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association. Before his mayoralty,he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 13th Suffolk district from 1997 until 2014. As a trade union member,Walsh worked his way up to serve as the head of the Boston Building Trades Council from 2011 until 2013.
Gary William Loveman is an American economist,businessman,and former academic professor. After nine years on the faculty of Harvard Business School,he left in 1998 to become COO of Harrah's Entertainment,which,following a number of acquisitions,became Caesars Entertainment. He was the CEO of Caesars Entertainment Corporation for 12 years until stepping down on June 30,2015,amidst a bankruptcy and restructuring. He remained chairman until late 2017. He was then president of Aetna’s Consumer Health and Services division from October 2015 until January 2018.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Boston was part of an ongoing viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Massachusetts city of Boston. The first confirmed case was reported on February 1,2020,and the number of cases began to increase rapidly by March 8. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker declared a state of emergency on March 10. Mayor Marty Walsh declared a public health emergency on March 15. By March 21,more than a hundred people in Boston had tested positive for COVID-19. Most early cases were traceable to a company meeting held in late February by the biotechnology firm Biogen in Boston.
Kathleen Elizabeth Walsh is an American health care executive who is the Secretary of Health and Human Services of Massachusetts. She was the president and chief executive officer of Boston Medical Center from 2010 to 2023. Before that,Walsh was the executive vice president and chief operating officer of Brigham and Women’s Hospital for five years.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Boston.
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Massachusetts.
