COVID

Speaking at a Constitution Day celebration for the conservative Hillsdale College, Attorney General William Barr compared lockdown orders during the coronavirus pandemic to slavery.

Faneuil Hall – an area usually bustling with tourists and street performers – has become a near ghost town as businesses are hit hard by the pandemic. At least 20 tenants have closed for good or have not reopened since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Boston Globe, representing nearly one-fourth of the properties. The Cheers bar…

Harriett’s Bookshop, Brooklyn Chop House and Next Step Training discuss being Black-owned businesses during the pandemic and trying to raise awareness about social justice.

Have you felt like the passage of time has been distorted, especially during the stay-at-home order? Then you aren’t alone. Some people felt it sped up, others felt it slowed down. And as it turns out, the way you felt really depended on your circumstances.

Seventeen students from Providence College became the latest group in the country to be suspended for violating COVID-19 restrictions. This incident follows students suspended from the SUNY system, Montclair University, Syracuse University and Michigan State, among others, for gathering or partying during the pandemic.

Images of a large group of students gathered around a bonfire at the University of New Hampshire are raising eyebrows over the risk of spreading the coronavirus. Students appear to be grouped closely together in photos of an ice cream social organized by university staff for freshman moving to campus this week. School spokeswoman Erika Mantz said the people at…

Your risk of complications from the coronavirus can be increased if you have underlying health conditions. Newton-Wellesley Hospital registered dietitian Sarah Andrus talks about ways to keep your body as healthy as possible during this time.

Police are trying to find a man who allegedly walked up to people in a Springfield Walmart, hugged them and told them they had the coronavirus over the weekend. According to police, the suspect allegedly approached a man at the Walmart on Boston Road Saturday, took an item out of the person’s hands and gave him a hug. He...

There will be no update on the number of COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts Sunday as the Department of Public Health moves its data system from a DPH server to the Amazon Web Services cloud, Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders said Thursday.

Children play a larger role in spreading coronavirus than researchers previously thought, according to findings from the most comprehensive study of the disease in children to date.

Summer’s not over yet! If you want to make meaningful memories with your family during the summer of COVID, Boston Mom’s Meghan Block tells Maria Sansone a must-check bucket list is the way to go.

People have been putting off going to the doctor because of coronavirus fears, but medical care remains important.

The slate of games offered at Massachusetts casinos will not expand as two of the facilities had hoped, at least not in the immediate future. Massachusetts Gaming Commission members declined Thursday to take up a request from MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor to authorize revival of craps and roulette, agreeing that the statewide public health outlook does not support…

That’s according to Ned Parsons, the Head of School at The Rivers School in Weston. So just how different will the start of the school year be? A fascinating and thoughtful conversation on how independent schools are gearing up for a very different fall.

Massachusetts has identified how much coronavirus is currently spreading in all its communities, pointing out the 33 that are at moderate or high risk of spreading COVID-19 in a new map. The map is based on the average number of cases based on population size in the last two weeks. The metric will show where in Massachusetts a new COVID…

More stringent coronavirus rules and ramped up enforcement take effect Tuesday in a crackdown by Gov. Charlie Baker as the state sees an uptick in cases. Baker announced Friday he was pumping the brakes on the state’s reopening plan and authorizing all state and local police to enforce the orders. In response to recent large gatherings, the size of...

More stringent coronavirus rules and ramped up enforcement takes effect Tuesday in a crackdown by Gov. Charlie Baker as the state sees an uptick in cases.

A new report says that nearly 12,000 children in New England have tested positive for the coronavirus through July 30. Massachusetts had the bulk of the childhood COVID cases, with 6,903, followed by Connecticut at 2,497 and Rhode Island with 1,616. New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont had fewer than 1,000 childhood coronavirus cases combined, according to the report from the…

Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is leaving no stone unturned as he considers one potential impact of games with no fans in 2020.

The second step in Phase 3 of reopening Massachusetts was supposed to come next, but for now, the governor is postponing that and imposing new restrictions on already existing guidelines.