Massachusetts Student-Athletes Required To Wear Masks Indoors
The new mask mandate will apply to students playing or practicing indoor sports until October 1.
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The new mask mandate will apply to students playing or practicing indoor sports until October 1.
For the first time in over a year, students at all 11 schools in Revere are eating lunch in their school cafeterias.
A Lynn restaurant owner is defending her decision to require proof of vaccine to be seated.
US Customs agents say they've seized thousands of blank counterfeit vaccine cards, which can be found on the dark web.
Part of the problem: this round of anti-vaccine sentiment is different from what we've seen before.
Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley was granted the authority to put a mask mandate in place for all students and educators.
As of Tuesday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts is 2.72%.
The upcoming statewide school mask mandate won't make a difference for students in Southbridge who returned to the classroom on Tuesday.
In Brockton, 57% of the vaccine-eligible population is fully vaccinated.
Full US Food and Drug Administration approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is "imminent," a senior federal official told CNN on Friday.
The goal is to give students and school staff more time to get vaccinated.
It will go into effect on Friday, August 27.
The fourth round of winners in Massachusetts' VaxMillions giveaway were revealed Thursday and time is running out to register for the final drawing.
Massachusetts voters overwhelmingly support a school mask mandate, according to a new poll.
If approved, the mask mandate could take effect as early as Friday.
The real political risk would develop if he did try to bring back mask mandates.
Dr. Mallika Marshall answers your coronavirus questions.
The plan is to start administering those third doses the week of September 20 but not everyone will be eligible at once.
The Salvation Army Croc Center teamed up with the Dimock Center in Dorchester to give out free backpacks and get more kids vaccinated.
Booster doses of Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine will be offered late next month, beginning with those vaccinated first, like health care providers.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 1,254 new confirmed COVID cases and six additional deaths in the state on Tuesday.
As of Monday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts is 2.74%.
Gov. Charlie Baker is not going to change the mask guidance in Massachusetts right now, even as COVID cases rise, because he says the Commonwealth is in a "dramatically different place than many other states across this country."
The fourth round of winners in Massachusetts' VaxMillions giveaway will be drawn Monday and time is running out to register for the final drawing.
More than half of the counties in Massachusetts are now at a high risk for COVID-19, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
