Massachusetts
Massachusetts wildlife officials receive $773,000 to help prevent pandemics, respond to zoonotic disease outbreaks
State wildlife officials have received nearly $800,000 to get ahead of wildlife disease outbreaks before they cross the barrier from animals to humans and become pandemics.
The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) was recently awarded $773,300 in Zoonotic Disease Initiative grant funds from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The $773,300 will be used over a three-year period to develop a wildlife health and public outreach program for Massachusetts — and to research wildlife diseases, and prevent their spread within the Northeast.
Zoonotic diseases can be transmitted between wildlife and humans. This federal funding is intended to help regions respond to wildlife disease outbreaks before they become pandemics.
“Recent disease issues like Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in birds and white-nose syndrome in bats have highlighted the need for building capacity within MassWildlife and other groups in the region to respond quickly using the latest science and best practices,” said Mark Tisa, director of MassWildlife.
“This funding will help us formalize working relationships with our partners to conduct surveillance and improve public outreach,” Tisa added.
The Zoonotic Disease Initiative is a grant program focused on wildlife disease prevention and preparedness. Authorized under the American Rescue Plan, the Initiative will provide up to $9 million in funding to states, tribes and territories to address wildlife disease outbreaks.
The other states that received funding are: California ($598,015); Kentucky ($683,697); Indiana ($772,948); Hawaii ($774,999); Maryland ($665,266); and Arizona ($134,320).
Under the direction of MassWildlife, the new MassWildlife Health program will be guided by an interagency task force of subject area experts and cooperating partners.
Those partners include: the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, Cornell University, UMass Amherst, University of New Hampshire, Tufts University, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, and USDA Wildlife Services.
Massachusetts
Massachusetts high school scores from Friday
BASEBALL
Andover 4, Haverhill 0
Ayer Shirley 6, Bromfield 4
Billerica 5, Lowell 4
Braintree 4, King Philip 0
Cathedral 6, Roxbury Prep 2
Clinton 4, Littleton 3
Duxbury 11, Quincy 3
Groton 9, Phillips Academy Andover 5
Groton-Dunstable 5, Marlboro 2
Hanover 5, Marshfield 0
Lowell Catholic 6, Whittier 3
Mansfield 9, Oliver Ames 8
Monomoy 10, Rising Tide 0
Mystic Valley 8, Everett 2
North Andover 4, Dracut 2
North Middlesex 11, Fitchburg 0
Norwell 10, Sandwich 2
Oliver Ames 9, Mansfield 8
Pingree 4, Middlesex 3
Plymouth South 10, Hingham 3
St. John Paul II 13, Nantucket 3
St. John’s Prep 4, Lawrence 3
St. Mark’s 6, Cushing 3
St. Mary’s (L) 8, Bishop Fenwick 3
Shawsheen 6, Greater Lawrence 2
Somerville 9, Winchester 4
Tewksbury 3, Chelmsford 2
Westford Academy 10, Bedford 0
Whitman-Hanson 9, Scituate 0
GIRLS GOLF
BOYS LACROSSE
Apponequet 10, Old Rochester 4
Billerica 14, Dracut 5
Bishop Fenwick 10, St. Mary’s (L) 4
Bridgewater-Raynham 6, Nauset 5
Dartmouth 12, Plymouth North 3
Duxbury 11, Lincoln-Sudbury 9
Lexington 10, Stoneham 3
Littleton 6, Shepherd Hill 2
Lynnfield 16, Hamilton-Wenham 0
Martha’s Vineyard 8, Monomoy 6
Minuteman 13, Mystic Valley 3
Newburyport 17, North Reading 1
Old Colony 17, Upper Cape 1
Pentucket 13, Essex Tech 11
Reading 15, Wakefield 5
Quincy/North Quincy 10, Braintree 9
Sandwich 7, Plymouth South 6 (ot)
Southeastern 16, Blue Hills 6
Stoughton 9, Dedham 6
Taunton 8, Norton 7
GIRLS LACROSSE
Abington 15, Rockland 8
Apponequet 13, Old Rochester 10
Bishop Feehan 12, Holliston 6
Bishop Fenwick 8, St. Mary’s (L) 6
Braintree 18, Quincy 4
Burlington 18, Woburn 8
Dartmouth 14, Plymouth North 6
Dexter Southfield 18, St. Mark’s 7
Hamilton-Wenham 17, Lynnfield 9
Lexington 15, Stoneham 4
Lincoln-Sudbury 9, Bedford (NH) 5
Malden 11, Northeast 5
Manchester Essex 13, Georgetown 0
Newburyport 16, North Reading 1
North Attleboro 9, Oliver Ames 7
Norwell 8, Foxboro 6
Pentucket 19, Essex Tech 7
St. John Paul II 12, Nauset 11
Tewksbury 12, Lowell 5
Upper Cape 14, Old Colony 7
Ursuline 8, Dedham 6
Wayland 15, Boston Latin 9
Winchester 22, Watertown 10
SAILING
Winchester 4, BC High 0
SOFTBALL
Apponequet 12, New Bedford 0
Arlington Catholic 5, Wakefield 4
Bedford 7, Westford Academy 0
Beverly 5, Masconomet 0
Bishop Feehan 14, Newton North 2
Bridgewater-Raynham 6, Braintree 2
Canton 17, Durfee 10
Dedham 12, Holliston 0
Dennis-Yarmouth 16, Barnstable 8
Georgetown 13, Rockport 3
Gloucester 2, Danvers 0
Groton-Dunstable 8, Oakmont 7
Hamilton-Wenham 6, Manchester Essex 5
Hopkinton 20, Dover-Sherborn 0
King Phillip 3, Archbishop Williams 2
Lincoln-Sudbury 5, Tyngsboro 2
Lynnfield 4, Triton 2
Marblehead 1, Saugus 0
Marshfield 8, Hanover 7 (9i)
Minuteman 9, Shawsheen 6
Monomoy 7, Falmouth 4
Nauset 12, Sturgis 9
Needham 14, Natick 2
Norton 3, Westwood 0
Norwell 13, Sandwich 5
Pentucket 7, Newburyport 4
Plymouth North 16, Quincy/North Quincy 4
Plymouth South 4, Hingham 1
Rivers 4, Dexter Southfield 1
Silver Lake 5, Pembroke 0
Taunton 8, Oliver Ames 0
Tewksbury 13, Haverhill 1
Wayland 7, Boston Latin 4 (9i)
Whitman-Hanson 15, Scituate 0 (5i)
Winchester 16, Somerville 6
BOYS RUGBY
Marshfield 29, Hingham 24
BOYS TENNIS
Andover 3, Cambridge 2
Apponequet 4, Dartmouth 1
Arlington 5, Malden Catholic 0
Barnstable 3, Nauset 2
Billerica 3, Tewksbury 2
Dedham 5, Holliston 0
Duxbury 5, Quincy 0
Hanover 4, Marshfield 1
Hingham 5, Plymouth South 0
Lowell 4, Lawrence 1
Manchester Essex 5, Ipswich 0
Marblehead 4, Beverly 1
Martha’s Vineyard 4, Monomoy 1
Nantucket 4, Rising Tide 1
North Quincy 5, Plymouth North 0
Norton 3, Westwood 2
Quincy 3, Randolph 1
Rivers 7, St. Sebastian’s 0
Scituate 5, Whitman-Hanson 0
St. John’s Prep 3, Newton North 2
Wayland 4, Boston Latin 1
Westford Academy 3, Bedford 2
Weymouth 4, Norwell 1
GIRLS TENNIS
Andover 5, Billerica 0
Danvers 5, Saugus 0
Dartmouth 3, Apponequet 2
Duxbury 5, Quincy 0
Hamilton-Wenham 5, Rockport 0
Hanover 3, Marshfield 2
Hingham 5, Plymouth South 0
Holliston 5, Dedham 0
Lynnfield 4, Swampscott 1
Marblehead 3, Beverly 2
Manchester Essex 3, Ipswich 2
Monomoy 4, Martha’s Vineyard 1
Nantucket 5, Rising Tide 0
Nauset 5, Barnstable 0
Needham 4, Natick 1
North Andover 5, Lowell 0
Plymouth North 5, North Quincy 0
Sharon 4, Oliver Ames 1
BOYS TRACK
GIRLS TRACK
Apponequet 89, Somerset Berkley 47
BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Brookline 3, North Quincy 0
Haverhill 3, Lawrence 0
Lexington 3, Cambridge 1
Lincoln-Sudbury 3, Westford Academy 0
Malden 3, Arlington 1
Needham 3, Lowell 0
New Bedford 3, Durfee 0
Quincy 3, Randolph 1
Revere 3, Madison Park 2
Wayland 3, Newton South 0
Massachusetts
Massachusetts lotto player wins second $1 million prize in just 10 weeks
A Massachusetts woman miraculously cashed in her second $1 million lottery ticket in just 10 weeks.
Christine Wilson, of Attleborough, struck gold again playing the Massachusetts State Lottery’s “100X Cash” $10 instant ticket game, lottery officials announced on Wednesday.
She had purchased the ticket at Family Food Mart in Mansfield, which will receive $10,000 for selling the big winner.
Just over 2 months ago, Wilson claimed a $1 million prize off a “Lifetime Millions” $50 instant ticket on Feb. 23. She had purchased that ticket at Dubs’s Discount Liquors in Mansfield.
She decided to receive both of her prizes in the form of lump cash payments of $650,000 each — before taxes.
Wilson told the Massachusetts State Lottery after the first win that she planned to buy a new SUV, which she did.
Following her second $1 million win, she said she’ll put the money in savings.
Massachusetts
‘Millionaire’s Tax’ drives up April revenues in Massachusetts
Massachusetts appears poised to avoid ending the fiscal year in the red after April tax revenues shot past already lowered projections, Administration and Finance Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz said Friday afternoon.
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