Worcester Board Of Health Votes To Drop City's Indoor Mask Mandate On February 18
Worcester's Board of Health voted Monday night to rescind the city's indoor mask mandate on February 18.
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Worcester's Board of Health voted Monday night to rescind the city's indoor mask mandate on February 18.
Dr. Mallika Marshall is answering your coronavirus-related medical questions.
As of Monday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts is down to 4.78%.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported 4,195 new confirmed COVID cases on Friday, putting the state over 1,500,000 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
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Infectious disease specialist Dr. Paul Sax said that while COVID numbers continue to improve in Massachusetts, he still believes it's important to be cautious and leave certain protocols in place.
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Massachusetts colleges and universities were told in a letter they should start returning to "near normal" with the goal "to transition the COVID-19 pandemic into an endemic."
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Full approval means the FDA has completed the same rigorous, time-consuming review for Moderna's shot as dozens of other long-established vaccines.
Starting this week, COVID tests will be sent home with students at schools that opted into the state's new testing program.
As of Friday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts dropped to 8.92%.
That's down from last week, when there were 32,909 cases.
As of Thursday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts dropped to 9.48%, marking the first time since December 25 that the positivity rate is below 10%.
Moderna said it expects to enroll about 600 people in the study, which will take place at up to 24 sites in the U.S.
It was smooth sailing at COVID testing sites in and around Boston Wednesday evening.
As of Wednesday, the seven-day weighted average of positive tests in Massachusetts dropped to 10.37%.
Owners of The Grind Factory in Salem are pushing back against the city's COVID vaccine mandate.
The New England Patriots are adding a weapon for quarterback Drake Maye, signing free agent wide receiver Romeo Doubs.
Gillette is making a $1 billion investment in a new Boston headquarters.
Researchers spotted the season's first North Atlantic right whale mothers and calves in Cape Cod Bay.
Airbnb is expecting to host about 17,000 soccer fans in the Boston area for World Cup matches at Gillette Stadium.
Leftover snow from the blizzard is complicating some St. Patrick's Day celebrations in Massachusetts.
Boston hit 73 degrees Tuesday afternoon.
The New England Patriots are adding a weapon for quarterback Drake Maye, signing free agent wide receiver Romeo Doubs.
Gillette is making a $1 billion investment in a new Boston headquarters.
Airbnb is expecting to host about 17,000 soccer fans in the Boston area for World Cup matches at Gillette Stadium.
Researchers spotted the season's first North Atlantic right whale mothers and calves in Cape Cod Bay.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Two Massachusetts residents have been diagnosed with measles, the Department of Public Health confirmed Friday.
There's a new drug that can help early morning shift workers stay awake and alert, a study out of Boston found.
As millions of Americans struggle with paying for health care, doctors and health experts discuss how medical care is being eroded by insurers denying necessary tests and treatment, making it "more difficult to be healthy in the United States."
Flu cases are rising rapidly, especially among kids in Boston, where hospitalizations of children under five have increased 150% over the last two weeks.
A woman went to visit her mother's grave at St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury and was surprised to see the headstone was moved.
In the last four years there were 168 threats made against trial court judges in Massachusetts, according to state records.
A former staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage student's arm.
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Four Massachusetts State Police instructors have been charged following an investigation into the 2024 death of state police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia.
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The offseason kicked off Monday as NFL teams can unofficially add new players.
Tommy Novak scored 17 seconds into overtime to complete a wild comeback in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday.
Earl Grant has been fired as head coach of the Boston College men's basketball team after the team went 72-92 during his five seasons.
Researchers spotted the season's first North Atlantic right whale mothers and calves in Cape Cod Bay.
Blue whales, the largest animals on Earth, have been spotted not far off the coast of Massachusetts.
The MSPCA-Angell is looking to find homes for 163 rats that were surrendered in Massachusetts.
Cape Cod beaches are covered with chunks of ice amid an abnormally cold winter in Massachusetts.
Snowmobilers came to the rescue of a moose that was buried up to its neck in snow off a New England trail on Tuesday.