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Six residents have died in the past week at an assisted living facility in Andover, Massachusetts, officials confirmed. At Atria Marland Place, 50 residents and 21 employees have tested positive since Oct. 27 — a total of 71 cases. “Our thoughts are with their families during this difficult time,” Regional Vice President Kymberly Codair said in a statement. “At Atria…

Six residents have died in the past week at an assisted living facility in Andover, officials confirmed. At Atria Marland Place, 50 residents and 21 employees have tested positive since Oct. 27 – a total of 71 cases.

As coronavirus cases increase in Worcester and across Massachusetts, students at Assumption University are being told to shelter in place.

Families who lost loved ones during the coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home testified before state lawmakers Tuesday. The beleaguered veterans’ care center has been the subject of several major investigations after the site became of one of the nation’s deadliest COVID-19 outbreaks at a long-term care facility. At least 76 veterans living at the home who tested positive…

As coronavirus cases continue to spike across Massachusetts and the country, it raises an important question — are we going to see shortages of toilet paper and other grocery store staples like we did during the spring surge? Probably not, at least according to area grocery store chains. This time around, they said they’re ready for another round of shutdowns…

Families who lost loved ones during the coronavirus outbreak at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home will share their stories during an 11 a.m. hearing Tuesday morning as part of an investigation being conducted by a special committee of Massachusetts legislators.

With coronavirus cases on the rise in Massachusetts, food manufacturers and distributors appear to have suffered a higher number of COVID-19 outbreaks in recent weeks than other types of businesses, according to state records obtained by the Business Journal through a public records request. For some of the largest COVID-19 workplace clusters, the outbreak does not seem to have been…

Winter sports likely won’t start until after Thanksgiving at schools in Vermont as officials push back the release of related guidelines. Since most winter sports are held indoors, the considerations are “more complex” and “more problematic” than fall sports, Vermont Education Secretary Daniel French said Friday. Therefore officials are now pushing back their release of the guidelines, initially scheduled...

Vermont state health officials said Tuesday a COVID-19 outbreak at a well-known apple orchard in Addison County has been contained to the site, though more test results on workers there were still pending. Twenty-seven workers at Champlain Orchards were reported to be sick, up one from the number reported Monday. “We’re behind on the harvest, and now there’s obviously...

A COVID-19 outbreak among workers at one of Vermont’s best known apple orchards appears to be contained, health officials said Tuesday.

More than 100 inmates at the Middleton Jail and House of Correction in Massachusetts tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend, officials said Monday night. The Essex County Sheriff’s Department began mandatory COVID-19 testing of all inmates and employees at the jail on Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday, Oct. 4, per the Massachusetts Health Department. Of the 889 inmate tests…

Is a “third wave” of coronavirus cases poised to hit the U.S.? Idaho is just one state where outbreaks in college and university towns are contributing to a spike in cases. Dr. Frank Johnson, the vice president for medical affairs at St. Luke’s Clinic in Idaho, joined LX News to discuss what he’s seeing in his state and how the...

Many Massachusetts towns and cities will be allowed to move to the next step of the state’s reopening plan next week, as Gov. Charlie Baker seeks to bolster the economy in lower-risk communities. Baker said Tuesday those communities would be able to move to Step 2 of Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan on Monday, increasing the number of…

Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday announced that lower-risk communities in Massachusetts will be able to move to Step 2 of Phase 3 of the state’s reopening plan, effective Monday. The move comes as coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continue to tick up in Massachusetts. But Baker, speaking at a news conference at the state house, appeared confident that further reopening is…

Classes are now underway at many New England colleges, and problems have begun cropping up on local campuses as students fail to abide by restrictions put in place by administrators as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools in Boston and throughout the region have seemed to fare better than many in other parts of U.S., but there have...

Merrimack College is shifting to online classes for the week after learning of a dozen more coronavirus cases believed to be unrelated to a cluster confined to one residence hall.

Mike Proulx, advertising lecturer at Boston University, talks about a new tool that uses machine learning to predict a COVID-19 outbreak before it happens.

Classes are now underway at many New England colleges, and problems are already starting to crop up on local campuses as students fail to abide by restrictions put in place by administrators as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools in Boston and throughout the region have seemed to fare better than many in other parts of U.S., but...

Classes haven’t even started yet at many New England colleges, but already problems are starting to crop up on local campuses as students fail to abide by restrictions put in place by administrators as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Schools in Boston and throughout the region have seemed to fare better than many in other parts of U.S.,...

A cluster of coronavirus cases has been linked to a “wedding event” in Rhode Island last month, which officials say was composed of 20 people mostly from Massachusetts. According to the Department of Public health, the event took place in late July at a house rented for the occasion. Of the guests who went, 19 contracted the virus, including 17…