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Massachusetts residents who are eligible can now access a second COVID-19 booster shot, but should they? Top Boston doctors explain that for some, it could be a timing game. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently recommended that certain immunocompromised individuals and everyone over age 50 get an additional booster dose. That followed authorization by the Food and...

Pfizer and Moderna are seeking authorization for a fourth booster dose of their COVID-19 vaccines after Pfizer’s CEO deemed it “necessary,” but Boston doctors aren’t convinced. Currently the U.S. urges two primary shots followed months later by a booster dose for everyone age 12 and older. Pfizer submitted an application seeking to add a fourth shot for people over...

All adults in Massachusetts are now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. But do all adults really need one? Boosters are currently available nationwide for people who initially received their second dose of Pfizer or Moderna at least six months ago if they’re 65 or older or are at high risk of COVID-19 because of health problems or their job...

Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker’s request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine as President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser acknowledged that “it is entirely conceivable, maybe likely” that booster shots will be needed.

Boston and Massachusetts officials are condemning the shooting death of a grandmother in Dorchester, who was shot and killed on her porch.

A valet at a Boston hospital who was shot in the eye by police as officers confronted a man armed with what they thought was a real gun has sued his employer, saying the hospital’s security staff mishandled this situation. Justin Desmarais, a valet at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, was doing his job on Feb. 7, 2020, when he ended…

A dog who recently underwent two life-saving surgeries after he was left to die in Georgia will soon be available for adoption in Massachusetts, according to the animal shelter that’s been caring for him. Phoenix had faced euthanasia when he arrived at a Georgia shelter after being struck by a car, according to officials with the Northeast Animal Shelter...

Police in Boston have arrested a man in connection to a 2018 fatal shooting. Authorities say a fugitive apprehension unit of the Boston Police Department located and arrested Marcus Ambroisio on Saturday in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood.

A Vermont man has been accused of shooting and killing his neighbor’s dog. Police in Danville said the 1-year-old black Labrador, named Berkeley, was shot in the face Sunday. The dog was found in the woods hours later by his owner, 30-year-old Jessica Buxton. She took him to an emergency veterinary clinic in Littleton, New Hampshire, where he died.

A bullet flew into a home and landed on a bed in East Wareham, Massachusetts, Thursday night, police said. No one was hurt in the incident, which took place about 7:15 p.m. on Quaker Road, according to Wareham police.

A Northern California sheriff’s deputy was killed Wednesday while responding to a call regarding a theft from a private marijuana garden in the rural Sierra Nevada foothills, officials said.

A man suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot Saturday night in Brockton, Massachusetts. Police say the shooting happened at 822 Main Street around 7:30 p.m. The caller reported her boyfriend was shot, and responding officers found the victim inside a gray BMW in the rear parking lot of the building.

A teenager from Massachusetts was shot and killed outside a Rhode Island nightclub after celebrating her birthday. The family of 19-year-old Berta Pereira-Roldan of Revere is living a nightmare. The Northeastern student and 2019 Revere High School graduate, affectionately known as “Bird,” was shot to death early Sunday morning outside a Providence club.

A suspect in the shooting of a Chicago police officer was in custody on Saturday afternoon, police said.

Police in Everett, Massachusetts are investigating an early morning shooting on Saturday.

Officers are investigating after a man was shot in the spine in New Haven early Monday morning.

A man was shot and killed Thursday in Springfield, Massachusetts. Police responded to a shooting around noon on Longhill Street. A man was found suffering from a gunshot.

A Homestead man is being accused of shooting and killing his niece with whom he was having a secret sexual affair, police said.

A 17-year-old boy suffered a gunshot wound to the face in the same shooting that left a mother of three injured in New Hampshire, according to authorities. Manchester police said after they responded to the shooting of a 42-year-old Mariela Maria, they found a teen suffering from a gunshot wound. As the investigation developed, officials learned the boy was a...

A woman was hospitalized after being shot Tuesday afternoon in Manchester, New Hampshire. The woman was shot near an apartment building on Ahern Street around 3 p.m., police said.