The Future of COVID in Western MA

April 29, 2022

Join us for a webinar on Friday, April 29, 2022, from 12:00-1:00 pm the future of COVID-19. We will explore testing and treatment moving forward, as well as the implications of cutbacks in COVID-19 services and funding.

The webinar will be moderated by Airín Martínez, PHIWM Board Member and Assistant Professor in Health Policy & Management Department of Health Promotion and Policy at UMass School of Public Health.


Speakers will include Doris Harris, host of Health Matters Radio Show, Health Editor of The Point of View Community Newspaper, and PHIWM Consultant; Phoebe Walker, Director of Community Services at Franklin Regional Council of Governments; and Amanda Westlake, MD, Physician, Director of COVID Outpatient Therapeutics, Medical Director of Post-COVID Clinic at Baystate Health.


Learn more and register.

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