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The Connecticut Department of Public health “strongly recommends” that anyone over the age of 2 wear a mask in public indoor spaces, regardless of vaccination status, in areas with significant COVID-19 transmission, per the latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance released earlier this week.

New Hampshire residents can’t be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to access public facilities, benefits or services under a bill signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu. Supporters say the bill signed this week establishes “medical freedom” by specifying that all residents have the “natural, essential and inherent right to bodily integrity, free from any threat...

An attorney who declined to be vaccinated for COVID-19 had to wear a mask during a trial this week after losing an appeal to the state supreme court. Darrick X. Banda, who likened the mask to “a dunce cap,” said the timing of new court rules this month didn’t give him time to be vaccinated, even if he’d wanted...

A Boston man says he is frustrated after a vaccine “mix up” over the weekend at a pop-up clinic in the city. “I still don’t understand how they could make this mistake,” Thelbert Foster, Jr., of Roxbury, said Tuesday. After being extremely hesitant to get the COVID vaccine, Foster finally rolled up his sleeve for the first shot Saturday...

As of July 17, a total of 5,166 breakthrough cases had been reported to the state Department of Public Health. Of those, 329 people were hospitalized and 80 died.

After being extremely hesitant to get the COVID vaccine, Thelbert Foster, Jr. finally rolled up his sleeve for the first shot Saturday at a pop-up clinic at Ramsay Park run by Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Clinic. But he got a phone call from a nurse Monday telling him there had been a mix up

While COVID cases are going the wrong way, most of those getting very sick are people who have not been vaccinated. Yet that doesn’t seem to be enough of a warning to the unvaccinated community. “There are still significant numbers of people in our population who for various reasons choose not to get the vaccine,” said Dr. Philip Landrigan....

While COVID cases are going the wrong way, most of those getting very sick are people who have not been vaccinated. Yet that doesn’t seem to be enough of a warning to the unvaccinated community.

Vermont officials are continuing to encourage those who are unvaccinated to get the shots that will protect them from COVID-19. The state says about 97,000 eligible Vermonters have yet to be vaccinated. Health Commissioner Dr. Mark Levine says the state estimates that fewer than 5% of those who are unvaccinated are true vaccine resisters. “We believe the remainder are still…

The percentage of eligible Vermonters who have received at least the first dose of a vaccine against COVID-19 continues to lead the country, officials said Tuesday. The latest statistics released during the regular weekly update on the state’s response to the virus statistics showed that 82.4% of the population 12 and older has been vaccinated, the top figure in the…

To register, you have to be a fully-vaccinated Massachusetts resident.

Leadership at Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel Lahey Health, and Wellforce said Thursday that requiring vaccinations for employees is critical.

No major hospital groups in the Boston area have such a mandate in place. But one local doctor says now is the time to enact such a policy.

Prospective students can get enrolled and get vaccinated at the same time at the Community College of Rhode Island. A pop-up, walk-in COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Tuesday is free for prospective students and their families. The event scheduled at the school’s Warwick campus will offer those interested in attending the community college the opportunity to apply for free, receive...

More than a third of adult Americans missed regular cancer screenings last year, and doctors say a lot of children and adolescents have fallen behind on childhood vaccinations too.

All ticket holders for today’s Indianapolis 500 race are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at the Indianapolis Speedway.

The CDC released a myocarditis advisory after a small number of young vaxxers reported heart problems after being vaccinated.

With the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine approved for children as young as 12, we take a look at the debate over whether vaccinations should be required for students.

Maine is rolling out free fishing licenses, baseball tickets and L.L. Bean gift cards to encourage more residents to get vaccinated before the end of the month, Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday.

Vaccinating kids between the ages of 12-15 shouldn’t be a problem, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday, with 400,000 of them who fall into that group. Parents can get their children appointments to get a shot as soon as Thursday, Baker said.