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An upstate New York hospital will stop delivering babies later this month, in part because of employee resignations over a requirement they be vaccinated against COVID-19

An innovative program to help people with mental health and substance abuse problems is being primed for a major expansion as the COVID-19 pandemic deepens struggles with drug use, depression and anxiety for many Americans.

Here’s one more lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic: It appears safe to relax restrictions on methadone, the oldest and most stigmatized treatment drug for opioid addiction

The Justice Department says it has decided not to open a civil rights investigation into government-run nursing homes in New York over their COVID-19 response

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation requiring general hospitals in the state to seek input from nurses and other staff in creating staffing plans that are to include specific guidelines on how many patients each nurse is assigned

Radio City Music Hall will host Tribeca’s closing night on June 19 before a full capacity, 100% vaccinated, mask-free audience.

The state will receive more Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses and Gov. Charlie Baker is expected to make an announcement about masks this week.

Lexie Laing and Taylor Wenczkowski scored power play goals and the Boston Pride became the first two-time winner of the Isobel Cup with a 4-3 win over the defending champion Minnesota Whitecaps on Saturday night. It was a NWHL championship the Pride, regular-season champions, had hoped to win a year earlier, before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the…

There was little sign of a pandemic on South Beach on Sunday, with streets packed and businesses booming.

Authorities are asking people to stay home for the holidays in the hopes of avoiding another spike in COVID-19 cases, like the one after Thanksgiving.

Universities are reporting positive cases of COVID-19 as students return to campuses. Could this cause Boston-area universities to close as well?

If you’re traveling to Massachusetts, you’ll have to follow some new rules. Some travelers say it’s been a breeze so far, while others say it’s been a hassle.

Starting Saturday, those traveling to Massachusetts have to follow some new rules. Some people say it’s a breeze, while others say it’s a hassle.

Massachusetts health officials on Sunday reported 12 more deaths from the coronavirus and 218 new confirmed cases.

Another 27 people with the new coronavirus in Massachusetts have died and 304 more cases have been identified, health officials said Sunday. The state’s death toll has risen to 7,316, while 103,436 people have now been diagnosed with the virus in the commonwealth, according to the state’s Department of Public Health’s daily report. More than 60-percent of the state’s deaths…

The second phase of Gov. Charlie Baker’s reopening plan starts on Monday, June 8.

The Massachusetts House and Senate chairs of the Joint Committee on Public Health and Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery on Friday sent an email to Gov. Charlie Baker and top public health and safety officials in the administration calling for a ban on the use of tear gar, pepper spray and rubber bullets during the COVID-19…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announces that the state will begin the first step of its second phase of reopening from the coronavirus lockdowns on Monday, June 8.

Crowds gathered Saturday on the Cape and outside Governor Charlie Baker’s Swampscott home, calling on him to reopen Massachusetts now.