Coronavirus Pandemic

The 2021 Boston Marathon has been postponed from its traditional date in April until at least the fall of next year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Boston Athletic Association said Wednesday. It would be impossible to safely hold the event with just six months left until Patriots’ Day — the date the race is traditionally run — ...

Massachusetts has now confirmed more than 150,000 cases of the new coronavirus, health officials said Wednesday, the state’s fifth straight day reporting more than 1,000 cases after not reporting any since May. Thirty-six new deaths were confirmed Wednesday, along with 1,137 cases, bringing the totals to 150,498 cases and 9,700 deaths since t...

As Massachusetts residents find other governors warning their constituents not to visit the Bay State as COVID-19 transmission rates climb, Gov. Charlie Baker said Wednesday he told New York and Connecticut they were making a mistake, to no avail. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont added Massachusetts to his state’s advisory list on Tuesday requirin...

With COVID-19 cases spiking in Massachusetts, neighboring states are issuing new coronavirus rules and advisories for people traveling to and from the Bay State. Connecticut and New Jersey have added Massachusetts to their quarantine lists. Officials in New York, meanwhile, are urging people who travel to the nearby state to use caution. Massachuse...

Workers at a Massachusetts home for sick veterans where 76 residents who contracted the coronavirus died told lawmakers that the facility wasn’t adequately staffed, they weren’t given enough protective equipment, and they were bullied by management during the outbreak. Current and former staffers at the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke t...

Massachusetts was added to Connecticut’s latest edition of the COVID-19 travel advisory list of the states and territories considered hot spots for coronavirus on Tuesday, which would place restrictions on travel back and forth between the neighboring state, but the Gov. Ned Lamont said he’s speaking with the governor of the Bay State t...

One day after U.S. regulators canceled a trial for Eli Lilly’s experimental antibody treatment for being “unlikely to help” severe coronavirus patients, U.S. officials approved a $375 million deal for 300,000 doses of the same drug.

Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday extended a state of civil emergency for another 30 days, through Thanksgiving. The announcement came a day after Mills pleaded with Mainers to follow public health rules amid a growing number of coronavirus cases. “Rising case counts show that this virus is still very much among us and we must take every precautio...

Gov. Chris Sununu said he has approved a proposal that will require restaurants to gather basic information about patrons in order to assist with contact tracing if someone at the establishment tests positive for COVID-19. The governor said his Economic Reopening Task Force received a request from the New Hampshire Lodging & Restaurant Associat...

Gov. Gina Raimondo said she is considering rolling back Rhode Island’s reopening as coronavirus cases continue to rise. Speaking at her weekly coronavirus briefing Wednesday afternoon, Raimondo said residents need to start doing things differently in order to reverse the uptick in cases. The vast majority of people are doing the right thing b...

Massachusetts’ latest weekly community-level data on the coronavirus pandemic, including the updated town-by-town COVID-19 risk assessment map, shows vast swaths of red as 121 communities are now considered at the highest risk for transmitting the virus, an increase of 44 from last week. That means more than one-third of the state’s 351...

Public relations firms hired by the Department of Health and Human Services vetted political views of hundreds of celebrities for a planned $250 million ad blitz aimed at portraying President Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus outbreak in a positive light.

Massachusetts’ latest weekly community-level data on the coronavirus pandemic is expected to be released Thursday afternoon, including an updated town-by-town risk assessment map. Last week’s report from the state Department of Public Health was revamped to include data on isolated outbreaks, requiring its release to be moved back from ...