coronavirus

A growing online conspiracy theory is using the tagline “died suddenly” to baselessly claim that COVID-19 vaccines are killing people.

Massachusetts health officials reported 5,160 new COVID-19 cases and 112 new deaths in the last week, with the new data released Thursday. In total, there have been 2,005,433 cases and 21,938 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts’ COVID data, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interactive coronavirus dashboard, shows a decrease in overall cases and hospitalizations. It’s…

Here’s a look at what will stay and what will go once the emergency order is lifted.

Long Covid has kept some people out of work for over a year, a new report finds, offering yet more evidence of the illness’ labor impact.

This week will mark the third anniversary of the confirmation that COVID-19 had arrived in Massachusetts. Just over 2,000,000 cases have been confirmed in Massachusetts since Feb. 1, 2020.

The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect against a still rapidly mutating virus.

Massachusetts health officials reported 5,797 new COVID-19 cases and 168 new deaths in the last week, with the new data released Thursday. In total, there have been 2,000,273 cases and 21,826 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts’ COVID data, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interactive coronavirus dashboard, shows a decrease in overall cases and hospitalizations. It’s…

The updated Covid boosters reduce the risk of Covid infection from the predominant omicron subvariant by nearly half, according to early data published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Massachusetts health officials reported 6,804 new COVID-19 cases and 125 new deaths in the last week, with the new data released Thursday. In total, there have been 1,994,476 cases and 21,658 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts’ COVID data, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interactive coronavirus dashboard, shows a decrease in overall cases and hospitalization. It’s…

The three were convicted of first-degree premeditated murder, a crime that carries a mandatory punishment of life in prison without parole, following a trial that spanned several weeks, The Flint Journal reported.

Since the coronavirus pandemic swept the world in 2020, many people have anticipated what’s known as herd immunity as the elusive finish line. One year ago, top Boston doctors couldn’t say when, if ever, we’d cross it. Now, it’s possible the finish line is in sight. Herd immunity relates to the idea that a high level of immunity to...

The XBB omicron subvariants are now causing over 80% of COVID-19 infections in New England, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The XBB.1.5 variant, which accounted for only about 10% of COVID cases in the region as recently as last month, now makes up 81.7% of all cases, with another 1.3% attributed to XBB....

An appeals court has affirmed a ban in three states on enforcing a federal vaccine mandate for workers who contract with the federal government.

Massachusetts health officials reported 9,360 new COVID-19 cases and 142 new deaths in the last week, with the new data released Thursday. In total, there have been 1,987,672 cases and 21,533 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts’ COVID data, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interactive coronavirus dashboard, shows a decrease in overall cases and hospitalizations, but…

Dr. Nirav Shah, the director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention who became the face of the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is leaving for a high-ranking post in federal disease control, officials said Thursday. Shah, who has been with the state since 2019, has been appointed principal deputy director at the U.S. Centers for...

The new, more contagious COVID subvariant XBB.1.5 that’s believed to be New England’s most dominant strain of the virus has acquired a dramatic nickname: “the Kraken.” The alias was coined informally by scientists on Twitter in an attempt to help differentiate between the ever-changing variants. This particular omicron descendant could very well be contributing to a recent rise in...

XBB.1.5 made up 27.6% of sequenced Covid cases nationally for the week ending Jan. 7 compared to 18.3% for the week end Dec. 31.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID community risk levels, which have been in the low or medium risk category for Massachusetts for months now, skyrocketed over the past week. More than half of the state is now in the high risk category, another sign that we might be in the middle of a surge fueled by the new...

A family from East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, filed a federal lawsuit against three production companies on Wednesday, claiming their father died from contracting COVID-19 while on set. According to the lawsuit, Paul Woodward was a van driver for the crew out in Provincetown during the filming of “American Horror Story” in the spring of 2021. The lawsuit claims Woodward was not…

Massachusetts health officials reported 10,075 new COVID-19 cases and 129 new deaths in the last week, with the new data released Thursday. In total, there have been 1,978,312 cases and 21,391 deaths since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Massachusetts’ COVID data, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interactive coronavirus dashboard, shows another increase in cases and hospitalizations from the…