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🌡️Hot streak continues today and tomorrow, with highs in the 90s. Here are tips for staying cool without air conditioning. Sunset is at 8:03 p.m.
If you live in a Gateway City, a state program can bring free trees to your neighborhood. So far, the state has planted about 50,000 trees in smaller cities across Massachusetts. Gateway Cities don’t always have the resources to plant or replace trees, so neighborhoods can feel hotter, less shady and less pleasant, especially in the summer.
“When I moved here years ago, there were trees here and there throughout this whole street,” said Tami Mackinnon, of Taunton. “And now as you can see there’s not a tree in sight.” She watched a crew plant a tree in her neighbor’s yard, and told GBH’s Magdiela Matta that she plans to apply for trees for herself. Find Matta’s full story here, and see if you qualify for free trees here.
Four Things to Know
1. Massport will open a remote security terminal for travelers west of Boston who want to skip the line at Logan airport. It’s not for everyone, but starting June 1, passengers whose flights depart between 5:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. will be able to go through security at 9 Flutie Pass in Framingham. JetBlue and Delta passengers will also be able to check their bags. They can then board a bus that will take them to Logan Airport, where they’ll walk directly to their gate.
The secure bus costs $9 each way, and parking outside the remote terminal is $7 a day. GBH’s Jeremy Siegel has photos here. Massport is spending about $2.5 million on the pilot program, using money from fees taxis, limos and ride-shares pay to access Logan Airport.
2. Boston is one of five cities Democrats are considering for their Democratic National Convention in 2028, the conference, in which the party’s presidential candidate will officially accept the nomination. It’s up against Atlanta, Chicago, Denver and Philadelphia. Officials from the DNC got the official pitch from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Gov. Maura Healey yesterday.
The rest of the host city selection process won’t be done in public. “This group of folks will go home on Wednesday morning, and at some point either white smoke or black smoke will come out of the DNC chimney and we’ll find out whether or not we are the chosen city,” Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair Steve Kerrigan said.
3. Despite those April and early May showers, every region of Massachusetts is in either a mild or significant drought, according to the state’s Drought Management Task Force. That’s because the state has gotten a lower-than-average rainfall over the past six months.
“We’ve been, to some extent, in a form of a drought since last fall, and we’re still really making up for the deficit,” said Casey Brown, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UMass Amherst. The state has five drought levels: normal (no drought), mild, significant, critical and emergency. You can see where your community falls on this map.
4. People who work with local homeless populations are stepping up outreach for the next few days because of the hot weather. “If they do wanna come inside and get out of the heat, they can do that. If they even just wanna come into the van and cool off for 15 minutes, they can do that,” Barbara Vogelman Trevisan, a spokesperson for the Pine Street Inn, told GBH’s Craig LeMoult.
If you see someone who might want Pine Street Inn’s help with the heat, call 617-892-9572 during the day (5 a.m. to 9 p.m.) and 617-633-0170 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Expect highs in the 90s today and tomorrow, though the heat should break tomorrow with some afternoon rain.
Why PCOS is now called PMOS
Last week a collective of doctors and researchers published an article in the journal The Lancet announcing a new name for a condition that affects about 1 in 8 women. They’re asking doctors and patients to start using the name polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, or PMOS, for the condition previously called polycystic ovary syndrome, or PCOS.
“The thing about PCOS is, it’s sort of an inaccurate name,” Dr. Megan Evans, an OB-GYN and clinical director of Tufts Medical Center’s Women’s Health and Longevity Program, told GBH’s Diane Adame.
The new name shifts the focus from ovarian cysts to a broader range of hormonal issues. The condition can cause cysts, but it can also affect much more, Evans said.
“Polyendocrine is looking more at the hormonal disturbances that can happen with this condition, whether that’s insulin resistance, androgens, which is higher testosterone levels, or changes in gonadotropins, which are sort of our sex hormones,” she told Adame.
That’s been the case for Rae Estapa of Somerville. PMOS “has shaped everything from my health, nutrition, identity, social life, especially topics of motherhood,” she told Adame. The new name feels “very validating,” she said. You can check out Adame’s full story here.
Dig deeper:
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