Coronavirus Pandemic

Maine’s public university system said most residential students have verified their coronavirus vaccination status. The percentage of the students who have done so is more than 95%, the University of Maine System said late Thursday. The percentage of full-time employees who have verified their status is about 83%, the system said. The system said i...

A hostess at a well-known New York City restaurant was attacked just for asking to see a group’s proof of COVID vaccination, a requirement to dine inside in the city.

All of the lions and tigers at the National Zoo are being treated for COVID-19 after positive test results, zookeepers said.

Some of the nation’s top medical advisers have delivered a stinging rebuke of Biden’s broad booster idea, in essence telling the White House “not so fast.”

The FDA’s advisory committee approved booster shots for people 65 and older or at high risk, but not for everyone else.

Two of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s children were tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, according to the Governor’s Office.

As the spread of the delta variant continues unabated in much of the U.S., public health leaders have approved health care rationing in Idaho and parts of Alaska and Montana.

Dr. Sabrina Assoumou, an infectious diseases specialist at Boston Medical Center, discusses the FDA advisory panel’s decision not to recommend booster shots for the general public.

Massachusetts health officials reported another 2,024 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16 new deaths Friday. The report pushed the state’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 738,303 since the start of the pandemic and its death toll to 18,062. Massachusetts’ COVID metrics, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interacti...

The coronavirus pandemic may have threatened small businesses across America, but these companies are rising up despite the challenges. In “Rebound,” we go behind the scenes of three Black- and AAPI-owned businesses as they fight to overcome pandemic shutdowns, staffing challenges and the delta variant. As the nation continues to battle...

The Board of Health in West Springfield, Massachusetts, has approved an indoor mask mandate that takes effect the same day as the opening, for the first time in two years, of what’s billed as the largest agricultural fair on the East Coast. The mask mandate starts Friday, the first day of The Big E, a more than 100-year-old multistate......

Massachusetts schools reported 1,420 positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff this week, according to state education officials. The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released the numbers Thursday in its weekly COVID-19 report, the first of the 2021-22 school year. A total of 1,230 students and 190 employees tested posi...

Massachusetts health officials reported another 1,999 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 16 new deaths Thursday. The report pushed the state’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 736,279 since the start of the pandemic and its death toll to 18,046. Massachusetts’ COVID metrics, tracked on the Department of Public Health’s interac...