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Pfizer’s data on its coronavirus vaccine is promising when it comes to children ages 12 to 15, an infectious disease expert at Boston Medical Center said Tuesday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to authorize Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for younger teenagers by next week, according to a federal official and a person familiar with the process, setting...

Starting next week, Massachusetts will see a major decrease in shipments of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine.  Massachusetts received more than 100,000 doses this week, but it will only receive just over 12,000 doses next week, according to U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data.  The Biden administration said shipments from Johnson & Johnson will be down more...

An error at a vaccine site in Dorchester that offered COVID vaccines to more people than were eligible caused people to show up to the site a day later.

As more Americans get the coronavirus vaccine, many are wondering just how much longer we are expected to wear masks. Dr. Anthony Fauci raised some eyebrows this weekend when he said we will probably be wearing masks or face coverings into 2022, but local medical experts agree – it will likely be a while before we can stop masking up….

A 30-year-old Boston man was stabbed and gunshots were fired at a vehicle in Randolph late Saturday, authorities said. One man is in custody and is expected to face multiple charges, according to Randolph police. A 911 call for a stabbing around 11 p.m. Saturday led police to North Main St., where they found the victim in a car. The…

Boston Medical Center expert Dr. Sabrina Assoumou says Massachusetts is heading in the right direction after the holidays, but still encourages virtual gatherings.

Massachusetts health officials have announced the state’s first case of the more infectious coronavirus variant first found in the United Kingdom. A Boston woman who traveled to the United Kingdom felt sick the day after she returned, the state Department of Public Health said Sunday.

Doctors at hospitals across Massachusetts and the globe believe the measures being taken to prevent the spread of coronavirus are responsible for a dip in cases of familiar viruses like the flu.

A Boston doctor who used an EpiPen on himself after having the first known allergic reaction to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is speaking out about his experience. Within moments of receiving the first dose of the vaccine on Thursday, Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh of Boston Medical Center said his heart began racing. He initially thought it was anxiety, he said, but...

A Boston doctor had an allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, but is doing well.

A Boston doctor had an allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to the hospital where he works, but is doing well. Boston Medical Center confirmed Friday night that Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, who reportedly has a severe shellfish allergy, was taken to the emergency department after his first dose of the Cambridge-based company’s vaccine. It’s the...

As delivery trucks rumble out of Pfizer’s Michigan plant with an escort from U.S. Marshals, they are also under the watchful eye of FedEx employees. Each box of vaccines is equipped with Bluetooth and GPS sensors to monitor their location and temperature. “I refer to them as guardian angels,” said Richard Smith, regional president of the Americas for the...

Kate Walsh, president and CEO of the Boston Medical Center health system, shared a TikTok video Monday on her Twitter account that shows a group of hospital employees dancing outside the BMC to celebrate the arrival of the vaccines.

Nine months after Massachusetts became one of the first states hit hard by the coronavirus, the first doses of the vaccine arrived in the state Monday.

The first shipment of Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived Monday at hospitals in Massachusetts including Boston Medical Center.

In the wake of the latest shutdown of the New England Patriots facility and the postponement of this week’s game due to a fourth coronavirus case, one Boston doctor is saying the NFL should just cancel the season. “Unpopular opinion: Cancel the @NFL season!” Boston Medical Center infectious disease Dr. Josh Barocas tweeted Sunday after news broke of the...

A man walked into Boston Medical Center after getting shot overnight, according to the Boston Police Department. It remains unclear where the man sustained his injuries, which are non-life threatening, before heading to the hospital. Police received a call about the incident around 2:40 a.m. and have kept a presence at the hospital through the morning. No further information was…

A Massachusetts state representative, who also works as an emergency room physician at a Boston hospital, says he supports Gov. Charlie Baker’s decision to clamp down on travel into Massachusetts. “I am thankful he is moving forward with this and I look forward to enacting more preventative practices so we can avoid a second surge here,” said Dr. Jon...

Jon Santiago, a Massachusetts state representative, who also works as an emergency room physician at a Boston hospital, says he supports Gov. Charlie Baker’s decision to clamp down on travel into Massachusetts.

Even as Massachusetts reopens, doctors say many parents are still too worried about COVID-19 to bring their kids in for routine care. But that could leave them vulnerable, particularly if children skip routine vaccinations that protect them from a host of serious diseases. At Boston Medical Center, Dr. Eileen Costello says her team usually sees about 6,000 patients a month,…