Benjamin P. Linas, MD

News & In the Media

• Published on July 25, 2025

  The ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ May Lead to More Fatal Overdoses

• Published on July 25, 2025

  Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Could Lead to 1,000 More Overdose Deaths a Year, Researchers Warn

• Published on July 26, 2024

  How to Combat a New Surge of COVID-19 Cases

• Published on November 6, 2023

  How to Protect Yourself from the ‘Tripledemic’ of COVID-19, Flu and RSV This Winter

• Published on May 11, 2023

  Ask the Docs: The COVID Emergency Ends, and a New RSV Vaccine in the Works

• Published on February 14, 2023

  Boston Doctors Explain What to Know as Norovirus Cases Spread in Mass

• Published on February 14, 2023

  Unless Most People Get an Annual COVID Vaccine, Tens of Thousands Will Die in the US Each Year, a Penn State Team Finds

• Published on November 1, 2022

  As New COVID Variants Continue to Spread, Boston Doctors Wonder, ‘What’s the Plan?’

• Published on August 24, 2022

  Boston Doctors Warn of Testing, Treatment Shortages during Next Covid Surge

• Published on July 26, 2022

  COVID Super Dodgers: Boston Doctors Explain Why Some People Still Haven’t Been Infected

• Published on June 30, 2022

  Are People Still Dying from COVID-19? Here’s What Boston Doctors Say

• Published on June 8, 2022

  COVID Infection Increases Risk of Psychiatric Diagnoses, Study Finds

• Published on May 3, 2022

  Ukrainian Family Settles in Western Mass. And the Future of Auxiliary Police Forces

• Published on April 9, 2022

  After Europe’s Latest COVID Surge, Will the US Follow Suit?

• Published on February 7, 2022

  Vax Up, Masks Down: Maryland, Massachusetts Lead Effort to ‘Off-Ramp’ Face Coverings in School

• Published on January 25, 2022

  Baker Bingo; Inside the Search for Boston’s Next Police Commissioner

• Published on January 25, 2022

  Ask the Docs: A Tale of Two Pandemics

• Published on January 10, 2022

  Expert Advisory Panel 4 Re-Evaluates Safety Policies Amidst COVID-19 Omicron Variant Surge

• Published on November 18, 2021

  How to Address the Legal and Social Justice Challenges Raised by Mass. And Cass Crisis

• Published on November 17, 2021

  City of Boston Cannot Sustain Ongoing Mass. And Cass Encampments

• Published on November 15, 2021

  Boston Authorities Clearing Homeless Encampment despite Protests by ACLU, Public Health Experts

• Published on November 10, 2021

  What Our Simulation Models Project Will Happen after Boston Dismantles Mass. And Cass Encampments

• Published on October 7, 2021

  Just 35% Of Eligible NYC Students Have Consented to Coronavirus Testing So Far

• Published on September 23, 2021

  ‘Too Much Masking Is Real’: More Districts Call On Students to Mask up Outside, but Scientists Are Skeptical

• Published on September 23, 2021

  COVID-19 Cases Fluctuate as College Students Return to Campus

• Published on September 21, 2021

  “Hundreds of Thousands Died after Taking the Advice of These Celebrities,” Who Are “Aiding and Abetting Mass Murder” by Advocating COVID-19 Vaccination

• Published on September 17, 2021

  Acting on Questionable Evidence, More Districts Require Masks Outside

• Published on September 17, 2021

  ‘Too Much Masking Is Real’: More Districts Call On Students to Mask up Outside, but Scientists Are Skeptical

• Published on September 14, 2021

  Ask the Doctor: Did We Miscalculate the Risk of COVID for Kids?

• Published on September 7, 2021

  The Coronavirus May Never Go Away. But This Perpetual Pandemic Could Still Fizzle Out

• Published on September 2, 2021

  Ask the Doctors: Back to Work, Back to School

• Published on September 2, 2021

  Massachusetts Braces for Remnants of Hurricane Ida

• Published on August 30, 2021

  mRNA Was Supposed to Stay Ahead of Variants. Why Aren’t We Using Its Full Potential?

• Published on August 27, 2021

  mRNA Was Supposed to Stay Ahead of Variants. Why Aren’t We Using Its Full Potential?

• Published on August 18, 2021

  Job Seekers Face Dramatic 5,000% Increase in COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements since January

• Published on August 18, 2021

  55 Percent of Americans Support Vaccine Requirements to Return to the Office: Poll

• Published on August 17, 2021

  New York Joins Growing Number of States Authorizing a Third COVID-19 Vaccine Shot

• Published on August 17, 2021

  When Will the Delta Variant Peak? ‘the Answer Is within Our Control’

• Published on August 11, 2021

  As Kids Get Ready to Go Back to School, Some Districts Mandate COVID Testing

• Published on August 6, 2021

  COVID Testing in Schools Does ‘Very Little to Actually Mitigate COVID,’ Says Doctor

• Published on August 2, 2021

  Overdose Data, Often Scattered and Siloed, Pose Challenges for Researchers Racing to Predict Risk

• Published on July 29, 2021

  Fighting the Delta Variant: School Reopening Just Got a Lot More Complicated

• Published on July 28, 2021

  State Remains Mum on Whether School Mask Mandates Will Return

• Published on July 28, 2021

  State Prepares for Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine

• Published on July 27, 2021

  COVID Vaccinations for Children Topic of Oversight Hearing to Be Held at Museum of Science

• Published on July 21, 2021

  The C.D.C. Issues New School Guidance, With Emphasis on Full Reopening

• Published on July 21, 2021

  CDC Publishes New School Guidance with a Focus on Full Reopening

• Published on July 16, 2021

  What to Know about Delta COVID Variant Symptoms, Treatments as It Dominates the U.S.

• Published on July 13, 2021

  What Parents Need to Know About the C.D.C.’s COVID School Guidelines

• Published on July 12, 2021

  Educators’ Unions Support the New Federal Recommendations for Reopening Schools

• Published on July 12, 2021

  The C.D.C. Issues New School Guidance, With Emphasis on Full Reopening

• Published on June 23, 2021

  Ask the Doctors: Massachusetts Hits 4.1 Million Vaccinations

• Published on May 17, 2021

  Expert Advisory Panel 4 Discusses Vaccination Rates and Return of after School Activities

• Published on May 13, 2021

  As FDA Approves Shots for Youth 12 and up, School Districts Get Creative Promoting Vaccine to Teens

• Published on April 30, 2021

  Vaccines for Youth 12 & Up Expected This Summer, But Schools Unlikely to Require Shots

• Published on April 21, 2021

  Ask the Doctors: Mask Mandates, Vaccine News

• Published on April 20, 2021

  J&J Pause Fuels Vaccine Hesitancy Concerns

• Published on April 15, 2021

  What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Variants

• Published on April 15, 2021

  With Rise In Variants, Mass. Scientists Warn of Evolutionary Arms Race Between Virus and Vaccines

• Published on April 14, 2021

  Halt in J&J Shots Deepens Vaccination Uncertainties at a Critical Time

• Published on April 5, 2021

  My Kids’ School Closed Again. So I Started Calling Experts.

• Published on April 2, 2021

  The 10 Best Education Articles from March: 12 Million Students Lack Reliable Internet a Year into Pandemic, What Herd Immunity Does (and Doesn’t) Mean for Classrooms & More

• Published on March 17, 2021

  Three Feet or Six? Distancing Guideline for Schools Stirs Debate

• Published on March 15, 2021

  Our Political Leaders Could Have Prevented Mass COVID-19 Deaths. They Chose Not To.

• Published on March 15, 2021

  The Health 202: Biden’s Vaccination Goal Sounds Ambitious. It’s Actually Pretty Realistic.

• Published on March 12, 2021

  Will Schools Fully Reopen? It May Depend on Whether Students Have to Sit Six Feet Apart.

• Published on March 10, 2021

  Ask the Doctors: Answering Your Coronavirus Questions

• Published on March 1, 2021

  Two Masks Could Be One Too Many

• Published on February 26, 2021

  Doctor and Father of 3 on Why He’s Pushing for Schools to Reopen Immediately

• Published on February 19, 2021

  As NHL Deals With COVID-19 Issues, Is on-Ice Transmission Among Players to Blame?

• Published on February 18, 2021

  New CDC Guidance Ends up Deepening Debate over Reopening Schools

• Published on February 18, 2021

  ‘Losing Patience:’ Vox Calls for Schools to Reopen ‘Right Now’ in Apparent Jab at Biden White House

• Published on February 18, 2021

  Cold Interrupts Classes, in an Interrupted Year

• Published on February 18, 2021

  What the Science Says about How to Reopen Schools

• Published on February 16, 2021

  I’m an Epidemiologist and a Father. Here’s Why I’m Losing Patience with Our Teachers’ Unions.

• Published on January 29, 2021

  Physicians Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

• Published on January 27, 2021

  Vaccines Will Take Months to Slow down the Pandemic. Until Then, Mask Up

• Published on January 20, 2021

  Ask the Doctors: What a New Variant of COVID Means for Massachusetts

• Published on January 19, 2021

  Mask-Wearing, Social Distancing Improve, but Too Slowly, Survey Shows

• Published on January 11, 2021

  With Drastic Measures in Place, Flu ‘Twindemic’ Averted So Far

• Published on January 11, 2021

  Scott Wants to Allow Indoor High School Sports; Health Experts Are Nervous

• Published on December 21, 2020

  A Single Vaccine Dose Appears to Protect Against COVID-19. So Why Are We Giving Two?

• Published on December 18, 2020

  How Safe Are Schools With COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies?

• Published on December 9, 2020

  As Students and Staff in the D.C. Region Return to Campus, How Often Should They Get Coronavirus Tests?

• Published on December 7, 2020

  More Mass. Residents Than Ever Have the Coronavirus. Where They Caught It Is the Mystery

• Published on December 2, 2020

  ‘It’s Like Star Trek’: Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Moves Toward Approval

• Published on December 2, 2020

  Two School Districts Had Different Mask Policies. Only One Had a Teacher on a Ventilator.

• Published on December 2, 2020

  The Great Divide: Whether to Require Masks in Schools

• Published on November 25, 2020

  Two School Districts Had Different Mask Policies. Only One Had a Teacher on a Ventilator.

• Published on November 25, 2020

  Blue States and Red States Are Both Doing School Reopenings Wrong

• Published on November 25, 2020

  Will Any More Schools Reopen in 2020?

• Published on November 24, 2020

  Kids, School, and COVID-19: What We Know — and What We Don’t

• Published on October 28, 2020

  Young Adult Suicide Rate Linked to States’ Handgun Purchase Age Laws

• Published on August 31, 2020

  Nevada Man Becomes First Person in U.S. to Catch Coronavirus Twice, Scientists Say

• Published on August 26, 2020

  For Many Pandemic Victims, Lingering Effects Stress Insurance Coverage

• Published on August 25, 2020

  SI Survey: Doctors Say They’d Play in the NBA and NHL, but Not NFL and MLB

• Published on July 28, 2020

  Teacher Unions Across the US Say They’re ‘Extremely Fearful’ About In-Person Classes and Demand States Take More Measures to Keep Them Safe

• Published on July 20, 2020

  The Health 202: Why Determining the Coronavirus Death Rate Is So Tricky

• Published on July 14, 2020

  Reopening and COVID: Ask the Docs

• Published on July 13, 2020

  I’m an Epidemiologist and a Dad. Here’s Why I Think Schools Should Reopen.

• Published on March 19, 2020

  Stick Figures Fighting COVID-19

• Published on April 10, 2019

  Without ACA Federal Drug Discount Program, Hep C Treated at Loss

• Published on February 28, 2019

  After Natural Disaster, Economic Help Reduces PTSD

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