Priyanka Dayal McCluskey
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Senior health reporter for @WBUR, Boston's NPR news station. Former @BostonGlobe reporter. Indian American, mom of a little, hitched to @jack_mccluskey.
Boston, MA
Joined October 2011
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NPR quits Twitter after it questions the network’s editorial independence - my story:
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NPR's official Twitter feeds have gone silent. The news organization cites the social media platform's decision to question NPR's editorial independence through a series of inaccurate labels.
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A decade ago, after the Boston Marathon bombings, hospitals took quick action to save lives. Now, hospitals are more crowded, and shorter-staffed — which means responding to emergencies is harder than it used to be. https://t.co/X4vOl8FaNw via @WBUR
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Everyone who made it to a hospital on the day of the Boston Marathon bombings survived. A decade later, @Priyanka_Dayal reports that responding to a similar emergency event would be much harder — or, as one doctor put it, "a disaster upon a disaster."
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Hospitals saved lives after the Boston Marathon bombings 10 years ago. But today, dealing with disaster is more difficult.
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Take a few minutes to listen to this moving @mbebinger story about the Boston Marathon medical volunteers. They helped people injured in the bombings 10 years ago — then healed each other. https://t.co/cSBGqMXuTl
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Nearly 10 years after two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon, some medical volunteers stationed at the finish line are speaking out, for the first time, about what they saw and the bonds they...
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What dueling abortion pill rulings mean for Massachusetts, from @mbebinger
https://t.co/pycUGHVYMt via @WBUR
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Medicaid redeterminations are under way. For many people, this is personal. Read more in our @WBUR @commonhealth newsletter, and sign up here: https://t.co/IVNZv5Jklc
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Some big changes are coming to @MassHealth. Thank you @darrylcmurphy and @KatelynHarrop for letting me talk about health insurance.
The state is rechecking the eligibility of all 2.3 million Bay Staters who receive insurance through MassHealth, as the federal COVID emergency winds down. WBUR's @Priyanka_Dayal walks through this process and what it means to get a blue envelope in the mail.
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Excited to make my debut on @NPR @MorningEdition today! This story is about how a simple medical device could help reduce the stark racial disparities in maternal health. https://t.co/yEhDzBfcvB
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A Boston hospital gets daily, home blood pressure checks for moms at risk for the pregnancy complication, pre-eclampsia. The effort is a response to alarming rates of Black maternal mortality.
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A "pathogen-neutral" approach. That's how @KateWalshHHS describes Massachusetts' new COVID policies. Read more in the @WBUR @commonhealth newsletter, and subscribe (for free) here: https://t.co/sMjEmdqmy7
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Massachusetts officials are shifting to treat COVID more like other respiratory illnesses. "We have learned how to live with this," @KateWalshHHS tells me. https://t.co/NwttUvvqTC via @WBUR
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Gov. Maura Healey said the vaccination requirement saved “countless lives." But she said it’s time to update the state’s COVID response.
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Governor Maura Healey is ending the controversial COVID vaccination mandate for state workers: "We’ve reached the point where we can update our guidance to reflect where we are now," @MassGovernor says. https://t.co/NwttUvuT44 via @WBUR
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Gov. Maura Healey said the vaccination requirement saved “countless lives." But she said it’s time to update the state’s COVID response.
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This Mass. doctor questioned a popular pregnancy drug. Now, he's been proven right https://t.co/Q8N4OoAlN0 via @WBUR
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The maker of Makena, the only drug ever approved to prevent preterm birth, is pulling it from the market. A Massachusetts doctor had been fighting the medical establishment for years, arguing there...
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Massachusetts officials are closing the state's last free COVID testing sites, saying they're "no longer the best use of resources." Along with upcoming federal rule changes, this will make it harder for people to access free COVID tests. https://t.co/dEl2vTHnk7 via @WBUR
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"A number of physicians that I know have left." The pandemic worsened burnout among doctors, and 1 in 4 are planning to leave their jobs within two years, according to @MassMedical
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Concerns about staffing shortages have plagued the health care industry in recent years. Half of Massachusetts doctors surveyed have already or intend to soon cut back their clinical hours, according...
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"It is unethical to see those things and leave them there." Read how @The_BMC is tackling health disparities in this week's @WBUR CommonHealth newsletter https://t.co/P426N8at6W
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A hint of spring on my desk this Monday morning
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So impressed by the smart young journalists of color I met at #UNIFYCareerSummit. The future is bright.
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"Imagine you’re a doctor. There’s a patient next to you, and you’re not sure what to do. But it’s not a medical quandary. It’s a legal one..." Fascinating read from @gabrieman
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