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The doors of Gillette Stadium open Friday to first responders in a soft launch of the state’s first mass vaccination site. Gov. Charlie Baker announced that Massachusetts had finalized plans for the large-scale site at Gillette Tuesday, just days after the state was moved into the “severe outbreak” category by a national data tracker. The home stadium of the...

Nearly two-thirds of Massachusetts’ communities are at the highest risk of coronavirus transmission, state health data released Thursday shows. The town-by-town coronavirus risk data — which classifies communities’ risk level on a scale from red, the highest, to grey — puts a record 229 cities and towns in the red zone, up from 219 last week. That’s just shy of…

Gov. Charlie Baker hailed a new round of financial assistance for small businesses in Massachusetts impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday, saying he hoped the funds would tide them over until economic activities normalize. In a press conference at Ristorante Saraceno in Boston’s North End, Baker said the grants would provide some $78.5 million in awards to 1,595 additional small…

The doors of Gillette Stadium open Friday to first responders in a soft launch of the state’s first mass vaccination site.

Gov. Charlie Baker is hoping to get more COVID-19 vaccines out to people across Massachusetts.

Gov. Charlie Baker released new details Wednesday on the next round of COVID-19 vaccinations in Massachusetts. On Monday, the state began administering vaccine doses to first responders — including police, firefighters and EMTs. The next step in the state’s vaccine plan will focus on congregate care facilities. Starting next week, roughly 94,000 people living and working in congregate care settings…

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker said that the next step in the state’s vaccine plan will focus on congregate care facilities.

Gov. Charlie Baker announced Tuesday that Massachusetts has finalized plans for its first mass vaccination site at Gillette Stadium, just days after the state was moved into the “severe outbreak” category by a national data tracker. The home stadium of the New England Patriots and Revolution will open Thursday to provide the first doses of the vaccine for staff doing…

England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty warned that the “next few weeks are going to be the worst weeks” of the coronavirus pandemic for the U.K.’s NHS.

A resident of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home who had lived at an off-site skilled nursing facility since April died last week after testing positive for the coronavirus earlier this month, state officials said. The man died at Holyoke Medical Center on Dec. 16, marking the first COVID-19-related death of veteran who had lived at the home since June, Masslive.com...

An FDA panel overwhelmingly backed Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine, paving the way to distribute the second COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. Former FDA Associate Commissioner Peter Pitts joined LX News to break down what to expect next and to explain why VP Mike Pence’s televised vaccination was a positive step toward building public confidence.

We let viewers ask Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and a member of the FDA’s COVID vaccine advisory committee, everything they wanted to know about the COVID-19 vaccines as the rollout begins across Massachusetts. Here are some of the most interesting answers.

Our viewers asked Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and a member of the FDA’s COVID vaccine advisory committee, their lingering questions about the COVID-19 vaccine as the rollout begins in Massachusetts. Here is the full conversation.

Do you have questions about the coronavirus vaccines? Now’s your chance to ask an expert. We’re being joined at 10 a.m. Wednesday by Dr. Ofer Levy, director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and a member of the FDA’s COVID vaccine advisory committee. Follow along here or contribute your questions by commenting on our live video...

Massachusetts will be able to return to some semblance of normal when the coronavirus vaccine is widely distributed. On Wednesday, Gov. Charlie Baker released Massachusetts’ vaccine distribution plan. “Vaccine will be distributed in phases, starting with our highest risk and highest need individuals,” Baker said. “Vaccine distribution will be a long process that plays out over several months, and these…

Routine vaccinations for young children in the United States fell during the first half of this year as more Americans skipped routine doctor visits and stayed home due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report published Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC warned that measles outbreaks could result from fewer vaccinations. The CDC analyzed…

U.S. Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright testified that the country should be concerned with the supply chain once a vaccine for coronavirus is developed.

Has COVID-19 kept you from keeping your child’s vaccine schedule up to date? Sue O’Connell sat down with Dr. Robyn Riseberg, head of pediatrics at the South End Community Health Center, to talk about how doctors are working extra hard to make sure kids stay vaccinated.

Health experts say postponed pediatrician visits because of the coronavirus pandemic could create a decline in immunizations and that could put kids at risk for more illnesses and set the stage for another public health crisis.