UMass Boston student tests positive for Wuhan coronavirus; first case in Massachusetts

Thinking out loud...while wondering if we'll ever learn to think for ourselves... ? "We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will all perish together as fools." - The Rev. Martin Luther King ...

President Joe Biden is filling his new administration with Massachusetts officials and experts, and leaving some big job openings here in the process. As Gov. Charlie Baker put it yesterday, he's said ...

As the pool of people eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 swells, Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel can now tap into the network of students in Massachusetts training to be pharmacists ...

The change to emergency rules for vaccine administration expands the group of eligible providers beyond medical and nursing students.

As the pool of people eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19 swells, Public Health Commissioner Monica Bharel can now tap into the network of ...

Florida attorney Fred Levin, who won a major legal battle against the tobacco industry in the 1990s, has died several days after ...

Arizona high school sports officials have voted to allow winter sports, reversing a decision made four days earlier to cancel the season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Arizona ...

Tunisia’s government is imposing a nationwide four-day anti-coronavirus lockdown starting Thursday, which coincides with the anniversary of the toppling of the country’s autocratic leader 10 years ago ...

Millions of Chinese are lining up in subzero temperatures to receive a second round of coronavirus tests in a city south of Beijing that is at the heart of China’s most serious latest outbreak of ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo expanded the vaccine eligibility requirements in New York to include anyone over the age of 65.

New US jobless claims tick down. Scientists dismiss calls to accelerate vaccination by giving fewer doses. US doubles order of Pfizer vaccine.