coronavirus pandemic

“Card My Yard” allows people to celebrate special celebrations with friends and family while social distancing.

Alice Speck of Brookline, Massachusetts says all she wanted to do was figure out a unique way to mark her mother’s 65th Birthday during the pandemic. Since she couldn’t travel to Salt Lake City to be with her in person, and since her mother wasn’t accepting deliveries for safety reasons, she decided to head to the internet for ideas....

Another 286 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and 14 more people with the virus have died, Massachusetts health officials said Sunday. There have now been 8,514 deaths and 112,459 cases reported in the state, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive, on average, is down slightly to 1.9%,…

Senator Elizabeth Warren said on Twitter that renters need guarantees, and that the president’s order does nothing to stop the evictions that are taking place. Congressman Joe Kennedy III said Trump is “breaking the law to cut your social security.”

With confirmed coronavirus cases in the U.S. reaching 5 million Sunday, by far the highest of any country, the failure of the most powerful nation in the world to contain the scourge has been met with astonishment and alarm in Europe

U.S. colleges are asking returning students to promise to help contain the coronavirus.

Enes Kanter joined 10 Questions with NBC10 Boston to talk about the Celtics return to action in Orlando and his social justice activism

Doctors, hospitals and medical students are ramping up efforts to register voters as part of a nationwide campaign this month

Massachusetts health officials reported 12 more deaths from COVID-19 in the Commonwealth, while another 320 have tested for positive for the virus – the same number of new cases as Friday. The state has now logged 112,173 total cases reported, and 8,500 have died, according to the Mass. Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive,…

The president announced a series of executive orders, which addressed jobless payments and deferred payroll tax.

The Mid-American Conference has become the first league at college football’s highest level to cancel its fall season, surrendering to the pandemic that is threatening to halt the entire sport

There are few visible signs of the coronavirus pandemic that’s changing the world at the massive annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, South Dakota

Reopening schools will be easy

As teachers and administrators throughout the state try to finalize guidelines for the start of the school year, Gov. Charlie Baker expressed concern Friday over the idea of remote-only learning this fall. Baker cited the success of summer school and special education programs this summer as an indicator that in-person learning can be done successfully. “When we went to remote…

Another 320 people have tested positive for the new coronavirus and 18 more people with the virus have died, Massachusetts health officials said Friday. There have now been 8,488 deaths and 111,853 cases reported in the state, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive, on average, is down slightly to 1.9%,…

The lockdown has helped pet owners form stronger emotional bonds with their pooches, become more attuned to their cats, and grow more attached to their puppies, who are after all such good boys.

A total of 66 players have opted out of the 2020 NFL season due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly half of them linemen.

Federal prosecutors say a Georgia businessman is accused of hoarding face masks as the COVID-19 pandemic spread and of price-gouging by selling them for about double what he paid.

The Mayflower II, a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to the New World 400 years ago, has canceled a scheduled stop in Rhode Island because of new travel restrictions required of people who visit the state. The 64-year-old reproduction is sailing from Mystic, Connecticut, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, after an $11 million renovation project. The Mayflower II made…

A campaign by airlines and their unions for federal money to keep paying airline workers is getting a boost.