Mass. Announces Improvements To Vaccine Appointment Website
The state's COVID vaccination appointment website crashed on the first day residents 65+ became eligible.
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The state's COVID vaccination appointment website crashed on the first day residents 65+ became eligible.
As of Friday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts is 2.10%.
Prep Mod, the company that manages the appointment system for Massachusetts' mass COVID-19 vaccine sites, has taken "full responsibility" for Thursday's web site crash.
For a second year in a row, there won't be a Boston Pride Parade and Festival in June due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers announced Friday.
As coronavirus cases and deaths drop nationwide, the Transportation Security Administration is prepping for a summer that will likely see more air travel.
The number of communities in Massachusetts considered high risk for coronavirus infections has decreased for the fifth week in a row.
State data shows despite widespread vaccination, long-term care facilities are still reporting new cases every day.
Some Massachusetts residents over age 75 are still waiting for the COVID shots, and don't want to drive to a mass vaccination site.
The state's website went online for a million additional people in Massachusetts who just became newly eligible for the COVID vaccine.
Three restaurants in Kenmore Square are closing permanently.
Leaders in the education community are determined to focus on the 'ups' and look at the time during the pandemic as a chance to innovate.
La Colaborativa in Chelsea will be one of the few health centers in the country to now get vaccines directly from the feds.
As of Thursday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts is 2.13%.
The federal government has told Massachusetts officials that the state's committed vaccine shipment for the week has been delayed and won't arrive until Monday.
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu announced on Thursday he will sign an executive order requiring all K-12 schools provide an option for in-person learning at least two days a week.
The first confirmed case of the South Africa variant in Massachusetts is a Cambridge resident, according to the city officials.
It took him more than an hour to get an appointment for his mother and father.
Inclement weather at shipping sites around the country forced a COVID vaccine clinic for veterans in Plymouth to be pushed back a week.
Dartmouth College has begun planning for a "normal fall term," as long as COVID-19 cases remain low and much of the community gets vaccinated.
Massachusetts has informed local boards of health of a "streamlined" vaccine distribution plan.
Teachers feel they are being slighted in the vaccination process, especially as schools are encouraged to reopen for in person learning five days a week.
People 65 and older and those with two or more medical conditions will be among 1 million Massachusetts residents eligible to make COVID vaccine appointments.
Scientists are discovering that the coronavirus can affect many organs in the body and the eye is no exception.
Community leaders with the Vaccine Equity Now Coalition said the new campaign doesn't go far enough to address racial inequalities.
As of Wednesday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts is 2.20%.
