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Fall is right around the corner, raising prospects of another COVID-19 surge as people return to work, school and indoor activities. Things are different this autumn, the third in the age of COVID. With 80% of Massachusetts fully vaccinated, and new boosters becoming available this week, health experts are waiting to see how things develop. “We anticipate that cases are…

The process for approving new housing development in communities across Massachusetts is “skewed toward an older, white population with the greatest interest in obstructing new development,” according to a new report assembled by two Boston University researchers and released Wednesday by The Boston Foundation. Katherine Levine Einstein and Maxwell Palmer compared the demographics of public officials in more than 20…

A man was hospitalized Saturday after he was stabbed overnight in Hyannis, Massachusetts, and several people have been arrested, police said. Barnstable police received a 911 call around 1 a.m. Saturday for a stabbing in the area of Old Colony Road and Main Street in Hyannis, according to a joint statement from Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe and…

One person had to be extricated from their vehicle and subsequently taken by medical helicopter to a Boston hospital following a two-car crash in Millis, Massachusetts, on Wednesday night. Millis fire officials responded to the crash near Middlesex and Ridge streets around 8 p.m., where first responders discovered the crash involving two cars and three people in total, authorities said….

What exactly is long COVID? It depends on who you ask, Boston doctors say. Three local experts emphasized the need for a national study on long COVID, which six Boston-area hospitals are participating in. Long COVID has become a broadly used health term that encompasses nearly 200 symptoms ranging from fatigue to chest pains. Three top Boston doctors explained what…

Six Boston-area hospital are joining a national effort to study long COVID, a condition in which patients suffer from symptoms for weeks, months, and even years after initial infection. A recent study estimates there are upwards of 23 million Americans who have experienced long COVID, a catch-all term for roughly 200 symptoms ranging from memory issues, brain fog, fatigue to…

Starting Monday, Massachusetts hospitals will differentiate between patients they admit primarily for COVID-19 and those admitted to be treated for something else who end up testing positive. The idea is to give the public a better understanding of how many people are in the hospital because of the virus. But while that data began to be collected Monday, it...

As we focus on testing, treatment and vaccinations during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a growing mental health crisis.

Though the initial news on the new omicron variant was quite bleak, we’ve learned a more about it over the past week as it has become the dominant strain in Massachusetts and across the U.S. Most of the early fears surrounding omicron were because it was said to be much more transmissible than delta and other previous variants, and...

Dr. Cassandra Pierre, of Boston Medical Center, talks about omicron variant concerns ahead of holiday gatherings.

The event was held at the nonprofit’s main office on Old Colony Avenue in Boston and was open to all singers, their families and the general public over the age of 5.

Boston police said they have located a man with a cognitive disability who had gone missing on Monday. Firas Yousif Eesee, a 43-year-old from West Roxbury, had last seen leaving the Boston Medical Center about 2 p.m. Monday, police said on Tuesday as they asked for help finding Eesee. Police said Wednesday morning that Eesee had been found safe and…

It was a dramatic moment Thursday as a Boston police officer injured in a shooting earlier this week was released from the hospital. Officer Michael Ridge walked out of the emergency room at the Boston Medical Center to a series of hugs, high-fives and handshakes from fellow officers lined up outside. Three Boston police officers were shot Tuesday following an…

People have reported side effects like chills, fever and nausea after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, but do you need to worry about developing such symptoms after getting a booster shot? In a new weekly series, “COVID Q&A,” NBC10 Boston asked three top Boston doctors on Tuesday about the most common booster side effects. Here’s what they had to say: Symptoms of...

Recent reports have indicated that a new, potentially more highly transmissable version of the delta COVID-19 variant, dubbed “delta plus” is already here in Massachusetts. But do residents really need to be concerned about it? In a new weekly series, “COVID Q&A,” NBC10 Boston asked three top Boston doctors on Tuesday for their thoughts on the delta plus variant. Here’s what...

Massachusetts’ medical board has reprimanded and fined the head of spine surgery at Boston Medical Center after he left an operating room to eat lunch in his car and then fell asleep and missed an emergency surgery in 2016. According to a consent order released Monday by the Board of Registration in Medicine, Dr. Tony Tannoury, 54, admitted to falling…

Hundreds to thousands of health care workers could lose their jobs Friday for failing to comply with vaccine mandates at two of the state’s largest hospital systems.

Hundreds to thousands of health care workers could lose their jobs for failing to comply with vaccine mandates at two of the state’s largest hospital systems. Friday is the deadline for employees at Mass General Brigham and Boston Medical Center to receive their first dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines. “Employees are still submitting documentation so we won’t know...

Brockton’s mayor and police chief gave an update on an officer who was shot four times by a man who later killed himself after a standoff.

Investigators searched for explosives overnight after an officer was shot multiple times in an hours long standoff in Brockton, Massachusetts. The gunman and one other person died, authorities said Thursday night.